Andrew Newman has received funding from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the ...

AMES, Iowa – Generations of students have read Shakespeare and Hemingway for high school literature class and Jeanne Dyches, assistant professor in Iowa State University’s School of Education, would ...

It's only as an adult that I truly realized how lucky I was in my high school English classes. Unlike many of my friends, the curriculum at my all-girls school made ample room for stories written by a ...

The Conroe ISD board voted early Wednesday to remove the 1999 novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” from its curriculum for high school students. The book is remaining available in school libraries.

The study of American literature by name is not required in about half the states, and the two-word phrase is barely mentioned in many others. Many educators have rung alarm bells about the effects of ...

The Great Gatsby is overrated. It’s a good book! A great book! It’s just not the very best book ever, especially not the best book to teach teenagers about the power of literature and the essence of ...