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Altavena, L. (2026, May 6). Most middle and high school teachers still assign full books — but only a few, study says. [Web lot post]. Chalkbeat.

Anderson, J., & Winthrop, R. (2025a). The disengaged teen: Helping kids learn better, feel  better, and live better. Crown.

Anderson, J., & Winthrop, R. (2025b, February 26). The teen-disengagement crisis. The Atlantic Magazine.

Beach, R., Johnston, A., & Haertling-Thein, A. (2015). Identity-focused ELA teaching: A curriculum framework for diverse learners and contexts. New York: Routledge.

Beach, R., Thein, A., & Parks, D.  (2008).  High school students’ competing social worlds:  Negotiating identities and allegiances through responding to multicultural literature.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Berchini, V. (2016). Curriculum matters: The Common Core, authors of color, and inclusion for inclusion’s sake. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 60(1), 55–62.

Bland, J. (Ed.). (2018). Using literature in English language education: Challenging reading for 8–18 year olds. Bloomsbury  

Bone, J. K, Bu, F., Sonke, J. K., & Fancourt, D. (2025). The decline in reading for pleasure over 20 years of the American Time Use Survey. iScience, 28(9).113228.

Borsheim-Black, C., & Sarigianides, S. T. (2019). Letting go of literary whiteness: Antiracist literature lnstruction for white students. New York: Teachers College Press.

Dujardin, G., Lang, J. M., & Staunton, J. A. (Eds.). (2018).  Teaching the literature survey course: New strategies for college faculty. Morganton: West Virginia University Press.

Fecho, B., Falter, M., & Hong, X. (Eds.). (2016). Teaching outside the box but inside the standards: Making room for dialogue. New York: Teachers College Press.

Fecho, B., & Clifton, J. (2017). Dialoguing across cultures, identities, and learning: Crosscurrents and complexities in literacy classrooms. New York: Routledge.

Fletcher, J. (2018). Teaching literature rhetorically: Transferable literacy skills for 21st century students. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Goldstein, D. (2025, December 12). Kids rarely read whole books anymore. Even in English class. The New York Times. 

Hill, C., & Malo-Juvera, V. (Eds.). (2019). Critical approaches to teaching the high school novel: Reinterpreting canonical literature. New York: Routledge.

Horowitz, R. (2026). The end of reading is here. The Atlantic.

Hunter, W. (2026, February 2). Stop meeting students where they are: What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again. The Atlantic.

Isbell, M. (2025). Searching for wonder: Teaching literature with student-selected texts. The University of New Haven Press. 

Jacobs, R. (2020). Literature in our lives: Talking about texts from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman. New York: Routledge. 

Järleberg, M. (2026, January 20). Why university students can’t read anymore. Substack.

Kabbany, J. (2026, June 3). English professor warns: Today’s students cannot read or focus on lengthy assignments. The College Fix.

Knapp, J. V., & McCann, T. M. (2021). Learning to enjoy literature: How teachers can model and motivate. Rowman & Littlefield.

Malu, K. F., & Schaefer, M. B. (2015). Research on teaching and learning with the literacies of young adolescents. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Moore, K. (2026, May 10). These schools banned cellphones and the results were meh. [Web log post]. The 74.

Nicholes, W. D. & Kearney, M. (2026). Reading for pleasure builds empathy in children, but fewer kids are picking up books just for the fun of it. [Web log post]. The Conversation. 

Pinske, J. (2019, September 19). Why some people become lifelong readers. The Atlantic.

Rudi, M. (2026, July 1). What literature belongs in today’s classroom? 5 L.A. high school teachers weigh in. [Web log post]. Los Angeles Times.

Sacks, A. (2013). Whole novels for the whole class: A student-centered approach. John Wiley 

Simmons, A. (2016). Literature's emotional lessons. The Atlantic.

Strauss, V. (2014).  How Common Core's Recommended Books Fail Children of Color. The Washington Post

Saul, I. (2026, March 6). Rebuilding a literate America: What’s behind the reading crisis and its possible reversal. [Web log post]. Tangle.

Swafford, J. (2016). Teaching literature through technology: Sherlock Holmes and digital humanities. The Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, 9

Thein, A. H., Beach, R., & Johnston, A. (2017). Rethinking identity and adolescence in the teaching of literature: Implications for pre-service teacher education. In H. L. 

Hallman, ed., Innovations in English language arts teacher education (Advances in Research on Teaching (pp. 65-87). Emerald Group Publishing.

Turner, K. H., & Hicks, T. (2015). Connected reading: Teaching adolescent readers in a digital world. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English

Valenza, J. K., & Stephens, K.  (2012).  Reading remix.  Educational Leandership, 69(6).  Describes adolescents use of e-books and online discussion groups.

Wilhelm, J. D., & Smith, M. W. (2016). The power of pleasure reading: What we can learn from the secret reading lives of teens. English Journal, 105(6), 25-30.

Woo, A. (2026, May 6). Reading full books in secondary English language arts classrooms: Findings from the Spring 2025 American Instructional Resources Survey. [Web log post]. Rand.