The Covid-19 pandemic pushed 12th-graders' reading scores to their lowest levels in decades. ArLawKa AungTun/iStockphoto/Getty Images

Reading levels dropped to historic lows during the pandemic. Now parents, teachers and tech companies are hoping AI can help solve America’s literacy crisis.

America’s literacy challenge has been building for years, with reading scores sliding even before the pandemic pushed them to their lowest levels in decades . Educators said potential factors include children’s increased screen time, shortened attention spans and a decline in reading longer-form writing.

Mississippi , Louisiana and other states have experimented with shaking up reading curriculums and passing laws aimed at improving childhood literacy. But the rise of artificial intelligence i

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