Reconsidering literacy in an AI world

American education has focused on reading and literacy skills for decades, but the ongoing reading wars have had little effect on student performance. Authors Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao suggest that the growth of artificial intelligence makes this hyperfocus on reading especially misguided because it’s becoming increasingly easy to access information in different ways, some of which involve less actual reading. Although they expect some reading will continue to be essential, they urge educators to look ahead to the other types of literacy people will need just as much or even more in the future.