In 1963, most US high schools didn't teach 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Huckleberry Finn' or other so-called 'classics'

Most of the 10 books taught most widely in U.S. high schools in 1988 – topped that year by "Romeo and Juliet," taught in 84% of schools – were not nearly as commonly taught 25 years earlier. Books that had been taught in relatively few schools in 1963 – when the baby boomers were students – had become classics by the time that generation's members were teachers and parents.