When “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey won this year’s Booker Prize in what I, at least, thought was an upset over “James” by Percival Everett, I was instantly eager to read it. As I had a pre-planned trip ...
America’s schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th ...