In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame

Confession: I never read “The Grapes of Wrath.” Not until now. Most people are forced to read it in high school. It was ...
The New York Times

Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...
Inside Higher Ed

When Less Is More in the Classroom

Many students today self-report feeling hurried and overwhelmed. We often hurry them through class, too. Those of us committed to liberal arts education know that the humanities can be humanizing. But ...
The New York Times

How the English Language Conquered the World

THE RISE OF ENGLISH Global Politics and the Power of Language By Rosemary Salomone “Every time the question of language surfaces,” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote, “in one way or ...