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Ep.81-College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek
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Ep.81-The One About…
College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek
Article: “The College Kids Are Not All Right”
Reports from professors point to an alarming decline in cognitive capabilities, even at selective institutions by Natalie Wexler
June 2, 2024
https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/the-college-kids-are-not-all-right
Quote:
“Students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem to walk away from readings of as little as 20 pages with no real understanding.”
“We are in new territory when even highly motivated honors students struggle to grasp the basic argument of a 20-page article.”
Why is this happening? What are the reasons for the decline?
Donna Hejtmanek bio:
Donna Hejtmanek (hite-man-ik) retired after 41 years of teaching special education and serving as a reading specialist-interventionist. She served as president of the Literacy Task Force of Northern Wisconsin, was appointed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2014 to Wisconsin’s Read to Lead Literacy Council, served as the legislative chair of the International Dyslexia Association and served on The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Identification and Management of Dyslexia in 2018, resulting in Wisconsin’s first dyslexia bill, Act 86, signed into legislation in 2019. Hejtmanek was awarded the Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award in 2016. Donna retired in 2018. In retirement, she spends her days creating professional development opportunities for teachers on her Facebook group, Science of Reading—What I Should Have Learne
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