uniors at New York City’s Edward R. Murrow High School told the they were told to read “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and “The Tortoise and the Hare” for their American literature course. They were asked to answer basic questions and write a onesentence summary of each work. A Department of Education spokesman declined to answer questions about it, and answer similar questions. Students in the class told the newspaper they didn’t actually read but a sevenpage summary of the novel.
