What Natalie Wexler thinks about democracy
Education writer; wrote The Knowledge Gap, arguing that American schools teach reading as a skill when it depends on knowledge.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Natalie Wexler has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingA decline in the cognitive abilities of the American electorate could threaten democracy.
Their wordsIf the cognitive abilities of the American electorate decline on a large scale, we all suffer, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the "end of reading" could mean the end of democracy as we know it.
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