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America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

October 15, 2025/No Comments

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

The declining school performance and other worrying trends among Gen Z, such as the rise in anxiety, depression, and suicide, can be traced to the new “phone-based childhood.”

By Idrees Kahloon


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