“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 ...

Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers ...

Want to help your 12th-grader in English Language Arts? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging 11th grade level texts, with ...