From what I observed with my own kids, the books that were either mandatory or on the selection list to read for assignments were shockingly bad, and on top of

From what I observed with my own kids, the books that were either mandatory or on the selection list to read for assignments were shockingly bad, and on top of that 100% targetted at the girl half of the class. Wether this is the result of teaching having become almost exclusively female or other cultural drives is hard to say.