Dec 12, 2025 · Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an …

Jan 6, 2026 · Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students. Rather, teens …

Dec 13, 2025 · The current dominant approach — reading one or two full books per year as a class, alongside many excerpts — “makes great sense,” he said, as a way to introduce …

In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. Some teachers focus instead on selected passages — a concession to …

Anecdotes and evidence point to a decrease in the love of reading among students bound for college. Here's what parents need to know.

Oct 8, 2024 · Teachers in many English classes across America are having students read fewer full-length books. Recently, the Associated Press explored the issue in education. It reports …

Jan 6, 2026 · Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a …