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Balancing the Books


The debate rages how to get kids to read

by Andrew Lampard
October 29, 2009

Photo Credit: Andrew Lampard

Photo Credit: Andrew Lampard

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The last book Glenn Afriyie, 15, read was “Holes,” by Louis Sachar, an adventure story whose main theme is racial equality. It was assigned to him last year in school. The next book the ninth-grade student at Jonathan Levin High School of Media and Communications in the Bronx will read has also been assigned to him through school. He has no interest in reading it. Read the full story

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