The New York Times recently reached out to Dr. Deepak Sarma to be quoted in the September 25th article, What Declines in Reading and Math Mean for the U.S. Work Force. Dr. Sarma commented that “My students now, they leave high school and don’t have the capacity to read a lengthy 25-page article. They don’t know what to do with it.” The article was printed on the front page of the Times on Friday, September 26th.

Read the full article for more on this national decline.