“We are doing a better job of teaching kids to read in elementary school. But once they enter adolescence, they fall victim to a general culture which does not encourage or reinforce reading. Because these people then read less, they read less well. Because they read less well, they do more poorly in school, in the job market and in civic life.”
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Hardest Hit In Broadway Strike?
Limited-run plays. “The audience for a non-musical comedy or drama has shrunk to such marginal proportions that producers of straight plays almost never book big Broadway houses anymore for the traditional open-ended run.”
Decline In British Kids’ TV Could Have Consequences
British children’s television used to lead the pack. But now the schedule is dominated by imports. “We are very concerned because we think it’s going to have a huge impact on children in the future if they are only able to watch imported programmes that bring different values, a different language, reflect a different environment and culture; it’s going to affect the way those children grow up.”
Will Writers’ Strike Help Indie Films?
“According to this theory, the writers strike seems likely to last a long time, pushing studios to grab promising material that’s ready to go. Some even speculate that the demand could be a boon to the foreign-film market as buyers look for inexpensive movies of quality.”