LONDON (TNS) — There’s a simple statistic that often stops people in their tracks. It is this: Reading for pleasure as a child is the factor that studies show is more closely correlated with future success than anything else — even more than family background, wealth, schooling or peer group. But in America right now fewer children than ever are reading for pleasure: The percentage fell from 53% in 2012 to 39% in…Read More
The global reading crisis that started with smartphones
