Grab another one and join us on Episode 3 of The Knowledge Bar. In this episode, Alex leads a discussion on a so-called ‘Literacy Crisis in the US’. As primary and secondary education has scrambled, colleges are now seeing the impacts of instructional shortfalls, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shifting culture around reading.

In addition to our main topic, we’ll be talking about bad beats in the sports betting world, an a-political take on the recent election cycle, and how Chris’s students are killing it this semester!

What are you drinking Recommendations:

Alex - Bourbon Brown Sugar Espresso Martini - Cocktail

• 2 oz Bourbon (Kirkland Bottled-in-Bond)
• ½ oz Brown Sugar Simple Syrup
• 1 oz Fresh Espresso Lite (I use an Aeropress to avoid pricey espresso machines)
• ½ oz Coffee Liqueur (Mr. Black)
• 3 dashes Cocoa Bitters
• Sprinkle Cocoa Powder over the top

Chris - Coffee w/ Bourbon Cream - Coffee/Cocktail

• Coffee - Highlander Grogg - Seven Hills Coffee Roasters, Cincinnati, OH
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, KY

Patrick - Digest Tea - Burren Perfumery, Ireland

Ethan - Honduran Roast - Coffee - Hyperion Coffee Co., Ann Arbor, MI

Just One More Recommendations:

Alex: The Football 100 (Book), Dan Pompei and Mike Sando

Chris: Sold A Story (Podcast), APM Reports

Patrick: The Paranoid Style (Harper’s) - Richard Hofstadter

Ethan: The Florida Project (Movie) - Sean Baker - Streaming on Max the One to Watch for HBO

Sources for this Topic:

Is This the End of Reading? - Chronicle of Higher Education

A Brief History of Reading Instruction - ParkerPhonics

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - The Atlantic

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