Today’s English language arts curriculum remains dominated by a list of familiar titles, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, and Homer’s The Odyssey, but a growing number of educators have moved away from using these classics in favor of more modern alternatives. Check out more from this blog from ILA and the newest LITERACY LEADERSHIP BRIEF: Expanding the Canon How Diverse Literature Can Transform Literacy Learning.