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This article talks about who influences and who teaches children how to read.Teaching kids to read is not a job for just one person. It takes a whole team of people to teach children how to read. The teams are made up of literacy coaches and classroom teachers. The classroom teachers tell the literacy coach what the student needs help with. The two work on a team together to teach children how to read and write.

Recent graduation rates and classroom performance for college athletes has forced the NCAA to take action. A total of 112 teams were penalized for bad classroom results.

Many college sports teams who have athletes who perform well on the field are struggling in the classroom. Graduation rates for student athletes are not great but the NCAA is trying to fix the problems.

The authors discuss why head coaches for college athletic teams should be held responsible for the academic achievement of college athletes. They suggest that head coaches focus on recruiting students that can win games instead of students with sufficient academic achievement and propose that student recruitment by coaches be measured against graduation rates of student athletes.

This article talks about a meeting that took place between two committees who are trying to solve problems with the academics of college athletes. It mentions statistics about some of the football and basketball teams who struggle to get their players to be successful in academics.

A film on OhioLINK. Why do girls demonstrate greater reading and writing ability than boys? Is the female brain hardwired for faster verbal development? Should men let women do the talking? This program studies language differences between the sexes and explores the possibility that many communication skills are gender-specific. Following two teams of well-educated adults as they undergo a crash course in broadcast journalism, the program documents wide variations between male and female abilities to verbally multitask, and examines distinctions in physical interaction, eye contact, and other behavioral factors. Clinical evidence regarding the significance of testosterone levels is also explored. (45 minutes)

This article is about how parents influence thier childrens learning habits. Helping your children learn to read and write must start in the early years. Parents are a support team when thier child is learning to read. The way the parents read and write at home effects how the students read and write. Oral language is a foundation for literacy development.