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[emily_in_nc]

My own take on it is that it's the dismantling of public education, which is being done for precisely that purpose. But that's another discussion for another venue ...

This.

Additionally, the incredible rise in cell phone usage among school-age kids has got to play a role. According to some articles I've read, attention spans are very short now between texting, tweeting, etc.