Carroll County’s school board followed recommendations from its Curriculum Council in rejecting four books from high school ...

Everything else felt old-fashioned, from Mrs. Havishams ... I read “Anna Karenina” this past year. We read a lot of books in high school in which the women were independent and smart ...

None of the students is using a textbook -- at least not the old school kind. Instead ... that all the students carry their philosophy books with them.? But my guess is, they are probably not." ...

My own high school stuck close to the classics ... replacing some of the old standbys with books that better reveal literature’s full potential. A lot of this comes down to taste, and it ...

Rebecca Castillo is a video creator and special projects lead for Los Angeles Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of Swarthmore ...