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This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
Only 22% of America’s most-popular college books have a female author Our final graphic shows the gender breakdown of the 100 most-popular books in American colleges. It is a stark visual.
The College Board's Advanced Placement Program is an extensive program that offers high school students the chance to participate in what the College Board describes as college-level classes, reportedly broadening students' intellectual horizons and preparing them for college work. It also plays a large part in the college admissions process ...
Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School; School Days (novel) Schooled (novel) Science Fair (novel) Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda; The Skin I'm In; Son of Interflux; Sorority Sisters (novel series) Sound! Euphonium; Speak (Anderson novel) Stargirl (novel) The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
A 1982 survey of school librarians across the United States, co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, found that Go Ask Alice was the most frequently censored book in high school libraries. [61] [62] Decades after its original publication, Go Ask Alice became one of the most challenged books of the 1990s and 2000s.
However, school teachers commonly assign less homework to the students who need it most, and more homework to the students who are performing well. [9] In past centuries, homework was a cause of academic failure: when school attendance was optional, students would drop out of school entirely if they were unable to keep up with the homework ...
In February 2014 College Board released data from the previous ten years of AP exams. College Board found that 33.2% of public high school graduates from the class of 2013 had taken an AP exam, compared to 18.9% in 2003. In 2013 20.1% of graduates who had taken an AP test achieved a 3 or higher compared to 12.2% in 2003.
Blasingame currently edits the "Books for Adolescents" pages of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. In 2009 and 2010, Accelerated Reader listed the first 15 titles of the Bluford Series in the “top 40” books for both middle and high school struggling readers. Over 50,000 reviews for Bluford Series titles are available now on ...