“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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — “To Kill a Mockingbird” is always the first book Bruce Ingram assigns his ninth-grade English students. This year, Ingram’s co-teacher at Lord Botetourt High School suggested he ...

Chris Stanislawski, 14, poses for a portrait outside of his home in Garden City, N.Y., on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Chris didn’t finish any books in his 8th grade English class, in part because their ...