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

In high school, my English teacher gave the class a long list of books for required outside reading. One book on the list that I didn’t pick up until college was Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit ...

The school board followed recommendations from its Curriculum Council in rejecting the four books, and including 47 others slated for a variety of grade levels and topic areas.

These High School 'Classics' Have Been Taught for Generations – Could They be on Their Way Out? An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books ...

Classic High School English Books Represented By One Word. By Tyler vendetti. February 13, 2014. ... I’ve realized that a number of books can easily be defined by single words or short phrases, ...

Heather Felton, a high school English teacher, stops to breathe outside of the Manatee County municipal building in Bradenton. She had come with her family to tell the school board how hard her ...

So, if you didn't like high school English, here's some books to try on for size. Don't worry, you don't have to do annotations and there won't be a quiz in the morning.

Jill Haugo, left, and Natalie Slack hold copies of the five books deemed inappropriate for high school English students in Rapid City, S.D. The ban “just demonstrated a complete lack of respect ...

Carroll County’s school board followed recommendations from its Curriculum Council in rejecting four books from high school English classroooms and including 47 others slated for a variety of… ...