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

Andrew Polk, 26, teaches 10th-grade English in suburban Ohio, not far from where he grew up. As a high school student less ...
Education Week

Why Reading Support Classes Help High Schoolers Succeed

Biology, literature, calculus, U.S. history—all high school courses, regardless of subject, require a strong grasp of one critical skill: reading. By the time students are in high school, especially ...
Education Week

Extra Reading Class Boosts Pupil Skills, but Not Permanently

A final evaluation of the federal Enhanced Reading Opportunities program suggests that extra, explicit reading classes can boost reading skills for struggling adolescents, but the short-lived ...
The Washington Post

School reading classes still in a slump without more social studies

From an early age, I have been a social studies nerd. Elementary school lessons on California missions, Civil War battles, besieged presidents and westward expansion thrilled me. So I am sad to learn ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Bentonville And Springdale High Schools Adopt Critical Reading Class

SPRINGDALE — Rallalyn Kelwan and Steven Arevalo said they avoided reading before taking the new critical reading class at Springdale High School. Springdale, Har-Ber and Bentonville high schools ...
Reading Eagle

First class remembers: ‘We were Holy Name’

Seventeen-year-old Gail Symanowicz was a bit apprehensive when the first bell rang to change classes at the new Holy Name High School in September 1964. Symanowicz transferred from Reading Catholic ...