Sentence examples for schools read from inspiring English sources

The first readings took place Monday and Tuesday, as students at three Manhattan middle schools read excerpts from "Artemis Fowl," a fantasy-adventure about a 12-year-old criminal mastermind by a former schoolteacher, EOIN COLFER.

Boys in countries with the best schools read better than girls elsewhere.

Boys in countries with the best schools read much better than girls.

Less than a third of elementary students in the city schools read at or above grade level.

More than half of the students entering urban high schools read at or below the sixth-grade level.

And achievement levels in the schools are abysmal: Fewer than a third of elementary students in the city schools read at or above grade level.

"We don't need everybody to be the same age, from the same schools, reading the same magazines.

Thanks to Marlene Heath (Op-Ed, March 30) for highlighting an overlooked issue in our country's schools: reading comprehension.

"Thanks for helping us support public schools," reads one ad from the state lottery's 30th-anniversary campaign.

This is why only a small handful of students at my boarding school read newspapers.

"The only thing I was advocating was like, go to school, read a book, take some music lessons," Brenda said.