Endangered Minds Ch 2

While, reading in schools may be a dying trend, not all school systems are followers. The school system I currently work in provides students 1 hr a week on Friday to read whatever they like. The students are encouraged to read books of interest during this time. Outside of the Friday "read hour" in my placement class, there is not really any reading happening. Instead, I see the teacher just reading a bunch of power point slides to the students. In science class teachers really have the opportunity to bring in outside magazines, articles and books related to the subject. I believe that all the new technology may be attributing to this decline in classroom reading.