5 days ago · Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Dec 12, 2025 · In American high schools, the age of the book may be fading. Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to …

6 days ago · Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

6 days ago · A survey of 2,000 teachers, students and parents conducted by the New York Times found that many high schools have stopped assigning full novels to students, opting instead for excerpts …

According to a recent story in The Atlantic, educators from universities around the country say kids are coming to campus not ready to read full books. So, no school reading lists containing...

In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common.

5 days ago · Given those standards, many schools use curriculum products like StudySync, which uses an anthology approach to introducin­g students to literature. The upshot is that many teens read far …