Schools are assigning fewer novels. Are excerpts just as good?

Eighth-graders at Aaron Wesolowski’s local D.C. middle school used to read four books throughout the school year, he said, including celebrated texts “A Raisin in the Sun” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” By the time his daughter entered eighth grade last fall, they were gone from the curriculum. Her c...

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