A book which did get approved for use in 10th grade English classrooms, “Bloodchild,” a collection of science fiction short stories by celebrated author Octavia Butler, caught the attention of ...

The High School Canon. The set of books that is taught again and again, broadly across the country, is referred to by literature scholars and English teachers as “the canon.” ...

In 1976, about 40 percent of high-school seniors said they had read at least six books for fun in the previous year, compared with 11.5 percent who hadn’t read any. By 2022, those percentages ...

Reading Homer’s The Odyssey has long been a mainstay of high school English literature curricula. And yet it’s hard to imagine today’s typical high school student independently reading all ...

Elementary and secondary school librarians across the district agreed to pull books labeled "mature," a district spokeswoman said. But Georgetown High School Librarian Susan Cooper, 54, refused to ...

Wisconsin Heights High School teacher Kathy Haig is the first Crystal Apple Award recipient of 2025. The discussion in the 28-year veteran teacher’s AP Literature classroom creates a safe space ...

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 ...

On Feb. 21, 2025, Aiden George shows his research project on Tupac Shakur as part of English I at East Feliciana High School. Provided photo ...

The answer is high-school English. More than any literary prize or celebrity book club, the school syllabus shapes American reading. This year alone, roughly seventeen million students will take ...

Both in terms of what kids are assigned and how they are instructed to read it, English class in middle and high school — now reconceived as language arts, E.L.A. or language and literature ...

The high school canon. The set of books that is taught again and again, broadly across the country, is referred to by literature scholars and English teachers as “the canon.” ...