“Professors were clear-eyed about the fact that students have probably never done all of the reading,” she said. Yet today’s students struggle with vocabulary and understanding a book’s overarching ...
Many freshmen college students at places like Stanford and Columbia are struggling to read books from cover to cover.
Book lovers gathered at the Center for Student Engagement on Nov. 7 for a book swap. This event was the perfect opportunity ...
In the summer of 2023, I read 18 books. Since the school year has begun, I am severely lacking. As someone who goes through ...
While college students today reportedly lack reading stamina, the root of that problem started in middle and high school classrooms. Teachers have shifted away from assigning whole books before ...
“I do have students who’ve come to me, present students and past students, and said that ‘I am Andy. I feel like I’m Andy.’ ...
LOUISVILLE, Colo — Students from Monarch PK-8 School in Louisville are proving you're never too young to write a book. Five books, all written by students at Monarch, were unveiled Wednesday in ...
Nicholas Dames, a Columbia University literature professor, told her that many of his students find reading several books a semester to be an overwhelming challenge. It wasn’t always this way, and it ...
Since 1994, the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library have run the annual "Give a Kid a Book" program. Over ...
For decades, students have been told that college is about career ... I need to get back to assigning books. Nine is too many. But one? They can read one. Next semester, they will.
A Kererū School student has collected her community’s stories from Cyclone Gabrielle and turned them into a children’s ...
Philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That warning ...