They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school ...

High School students gather into groups to discuss what they read in their books during a silent book club meeting at Armature Works on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Tampa.

They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school. Young people don’t read entire books in college because they rarely ...