In October 2024, The Atlantic published a widely circulated article called “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books.” Drawing on accounts from 33 professors, it argues that many students ...

Next time you see someone poring over a highbrow novel on the train or posing with a philosophical tome on social media, you shouldn't automatically assume they are reading the book. "Performative ...

The performative man is no stranger to Harvard. With a matcha latte in one hand, a tote bag slung across his shoulder, and a carefully curated book held at a conspicuous angle, he is instantly ...

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. This way of perceiving social reality—and particularly a person’s reading life—may seem inane, even deranged. But performative reading ...

Reading isn’t supposed to be for show. In fact, sitting down with a book, ideally in a calm and quiet space, is one of the few activities in our hyper-online world that offers us respite away from our ...

Matcha, vinyls, labubus and even electric guitars gathered on M.A.C. Avenue on Wednesday at 4 p.m. These wired earbud clad competitors had all come to Howland Co-op hoping to be deemed “Most ...