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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um.....that article (NPR above) is a general article about current HS reading standards. They used Wilson as an example of the problem generally. It isn't a specific Wilson problem specifically. [/quote]

If anything, the NPR piece was complimentary of the coursework at Wilson:

"Back at Woodrow Wilson High School, classes are changing. A 10th grade English class is getting underway. This is a regular English class and a lot of these kids say they don't read much outside of school. But Tyler Jefferson and Adriel Miller are eager to talk. Adriel likes books about sports, Tyler likes history. Both say their teachers have assigned books that they would not have chosen on their own.

TYLER JEFFERSON: I read "The Odyssey." I read "Romeo and Juliet." I didn't read "Hamlet."

NEARY: What did you think of those books?

JEFFERSON: It was very different because how the language was back then. Yeah, the dialogue that they had and...

NEARY: Was it harder to read than...

JEFFERSON: Yes, it was. It was harder to comprehend, also.

NEARY: You agree? I mean, that when you get those kinds of books that they're harder to read?

ADRIEL MILLER: Most definitely. You know, that's why we have great teachers that actually make us understand.

NEARY: So you think it is a good thing to be assigned those kinds of books.

MILLER: Yes, ma'am. It gives us a harder challenge of our brain, you know? It gives us a challenge.

JEFFERSON: It gives us a new view on things.

NEARY: Sandra Stotsky would be heartened to hear that. Professor emirita of education at the University of Arkansas, Stotsky firmly believes that high school students should be reading challenging fiction to get ready for the reading they will have to do in college."
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