Dana Goldstein
@danagoldstein.bsky.social
New York Times reporter. I write mostly about education, writ broadly: how it impacts politics, culture, and family life. Enthusiastic fiction reader, home cook, mom.
The decline in English-class book reading is very real. We did a deep dive, and found many teens are assigned just 1 or 2 books per year. Instead, kids are reading excerpts on a screen, like this one, 859 words of "Beloved."
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The decline in English-class book reading is very real. We did a deep dive, and found many teens are assigned just 1 or 2 books per year. Instead, kids are reading excerpts on a screen, like this one, 859 words of "Beloved."
While researching recent college completion stats, I encountered a typical A.I. search problem. Google A.I. says college dropouts surged during the pandemic, but the source it links back to shows federal data on high school dropouts, not college. This is why we need this transparent sourcing!
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
While researching recent college completion stats, I encountered a typical A.I. search problem. Google A.I. says college dropouts surged during the pandemic, but the source it links back to shows federal data on high school dropouts, not college. This is why we need this transparent sourcing!