If students choose their own books, will they read more?

Reading lists over the summer have yielded to assigned reading in class for most middle and high school students. But does required reading help or hurt when it comes to inspiring kids to become lifelong book lovers?

Guests

• Nancie Atwell: Teacher, seventh and eighth grade English at the Center for Teaching and Learning, a nonprofit demonstration school. She's the author of "The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers."
• Mark Bauerlein: Professor of English at Emory University and author of "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future."

Resources

• Recommend books by kids from Center for Teaching and Learning
• About Mark Bauerlein