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The announcement comes after the district threatened to discipline a Georgetown High School librarian who had refused to pull 150 copies of books for review.

High School students gather into groups to discuss what they read in their books during a silent book club meeting at Armature Works on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Tampa.

Teased for looking “different,” Hayle Perez didn’t hide; she wrote. Now she leads a student journalism initiative, telling the stories that often go untold.

Several university professors expressed concerns to The Atlantic about students who come to college unable to read full-length books.

Young people don’t read entire books in college because they rarely or never read them in high school.