They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school ...

Take a peek into the library at Burlingame High School, ... No one is reading a book. According to school records, only about 50 books were checked out by students during the 2023 fall semester.

So this week, we continue to make the case for why reading books in high school is great for your life outside of school. You’ll hear from more of our Atlantic colleagues—and from listeners ...

This can be overwhelming and may have caused you to miss out on actually appreciating these classics, some of which have intriguing plots that aren’t boring ...

The High School Canon. The set of books that is taught again and again, ... students across the country may not only have fewer books in common, but they also may be reading fewer books altogether.

Matt Penn, a H. B. Plant High School media specialist, center, asks students to get into groups to discuss what they read in their books during a silent book club meeting at Armature Works on ...

It isn’t the responsibility of high school teachers. Forcing high school teachers to teach reading basics, takes time away from students mastering the material they need to learn to be competent. That ...

I was thinking about the book that stuck with me the longest, Portnoy’s Complaint, the Philip Roth book, and I read it in high school. We had read some Philip Roth in the class, and they’d ...