4 surprises in Scholastic survey on reading

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4 surprises in Scholastic survey on reading

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What's happening to home-reading across the ages?


http://www.edcentral.org/4-surprises-scholastics/
4 Surprises in Scholastic’s National Survey of Kids and Reading

January 12, 2015

Last week Scholastic released the Kids and Family Reading Report, its annual survey of children’s reading, and some of the results run counter to conventional wisdom about how much children love electronic books and desire independence. The responses provide hints of nostalgia for cuddling up on the couch turning pages of paper with their parents by their side.
Debbie Hepplewhite
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