Years ago a friend invited me to his farm in upstate New York. Near the pond grew a greenish-gray plant, nearly five feet tall with umbels of purple-pink flowers hanging juicily from the stems, and seedpods that looked like elves’ shoes. He broke off a young le...
The best readers were found to earn up to twenty-eight thousand dollars a year more than those who lacked simple reading skills. Yet, compared to the last study in 1992, adults' reading skills were about the same or lower across every level of education. This was true even among people w...