My older son is graduating with an education degree in a couple of weeks, with a goal of teaching/coaching sports at the junior high level. From listening to him, seems like kids these days have poor skills on things we considered important, but tremendous skills in tech, etc. Sometimes, I wonder if it's really important to memorize historic dates when everyone walks around with a device in hand that can get them that information in a moment. And, while I can do a lot of math in my head, these kids have calculators in hand as well (despite my 6th grade math teacher spearing that I'd need to be able to calculate math and never would have a calculator in my pocket when needed).
As for reading, that is one skills that seems to me essential despite tech advances (until neural implants render that obsolete as well).