Sam Sorbo

Sam Sorbo, author of "Parents' Guide to Homeschool: Making Education Easy and Fun."

A librarian shelves books in the children's section at the City of Santa Clarita Public Library Valencia branch in Santa Clarita, California, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Library Systems & Services LLC is running into opposition as it seeks to add the 24 libraries in Kern County, California, to its portfolio of 82 in six states, allowing the county to shed a unionized workforce of 118. The company's Valencia library in Santa Clarita bears no outward signs of being privately run. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Opinion

July 28, 2025

The war on reading: Children in the crosshairs

The decline in American literacy rates is creating a generation with weaker critical thinking skills as reading for pleasure hits a 40-year low despite billions in education spending.