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This article talks about the increase in academic skills as a result of the no child left behind act.The article continues to talk about the importance placed on the children to score well in math science and writing and how they are to leave out other classes such as social studies and the arts. This is a helpful article if you are researching NCLB and the effects of the act.

This article tells us how teachers are getting students involved in the roots of words. Teachers have begun to realize this and use it in a way to help teach students root words. The author shows that j.k. Rowling has increased world literacy by ringing latin into her writing.

A film on OhioLINK. How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help children learn to compensate and succeed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)

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)

A fantastic article! "The most creative act a human can engage in is not repeating an answer, it is forming a good question." Truer words have never been spoken. Think about this as you write your research papers!

A film on OhioLINK. From the beginning of time, women have had the same thirst for knowledge as men, but were denied access to education. This program looks at the religious attitudes that support these age-old convictions, and examines what the world has lost by excluding women from the intellectual loop. Scriptural scholar Elaine Pagels tells about newly discovered documents suggesting that women were equal to men in early Christianity. Historian Ginette Paris looks at the powerful goddesses of the past who were shunted aside in favor of the submissive image of the Virgin Mary. A Bangladeshi writer faces a death decree for writing about Islam's oppression of women. At Wellesley College and the University of Norway, we visit programs devoted exclusively to women's studies. (47 minutes, color) (cc)

This article talks about how quick reads are encouraging adults to read. Authors are being encouraged to write quick novels to make reading mroe appealing to busy adults. This increases literacy in adults who are too busy to read.

This article focuses on how to use tax savings for college tuition and how to write off loan payments. The tax break is for families paying for educations costs and for those paying interest on loans. Tax payers can deduct up to $2,500 of interest paid off their taxes. Families must understand that there are many restrictions to this break such as income level and relationship to the dependent, but this is an easy way to save money and pay for college tuition.

This is a computerized English-language reader. This is something that will correct your grammer and spelling at the same time. It is something like Microsoft Word, but this is a whole new way.