Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

I never learned this, I can read all the examples easily though. They remind me a bit of Feersum Endjin by Iain M. Banks, and True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.

  • ExtremeDullard
    174·
    7 months ago

    Well, America has been running another experiment for decades that has left a lot of people unable to spell - or do math, or science or think rationally and critically: the destruction of the education system.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
      91·
      7 months ago

      Note that this article is not about the US

      Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

      • ExtremeDullard
        41·
        7 months ago

        Yes, it was a comment on what goes on in another country, for comparison.