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These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

  • Written by: Andrew Newman, Professor and Chair, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
imageHigh school students have studied many of the same books for generations. Is it time for a change?Andrew_Howe via Getty Images

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and...

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