The high cost of low literacy

By David Brooks

A file photo of an empty classroom in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. — Jasmine Clarke/The New York Times

YOU might have seen the various data points suggesting that Americans are losing their ability to reason.

The trend starts with the young.

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