Innovative program gets students reading.Want to encourage your middle-school students to pick up a book outside of the classroom? That's the goal behind the National Association of Basketball Coaches' four-year-old Ticketing to Reading Rewards program. By this June, the more than 100,000 participants in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and other districts will have read up to 1.6 million books. Here's how it works: Students get rewards--everything from foam basketballs to bookstore gift certificates to subscriptions to Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. for Kids-based on the number of books they read. The NABC NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches NABC National Agricultural Biotechnology Council NABC National Auto Body Council NABC North American Bridge Championships (American Contract Bridge League tournament) also provides tickets to local college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
From the program's inception, Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. has been actively involved. David Pickens, deputy to the chief executive officer of CPS, is a big fan. "Over three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time only thing this organization has asked is to let them help our kids." He says the program is successful because it makes children see reading and schoolwork as a healthy competition instead of a chore, and the association with college basketball gives it a coolness factor. Boston Public Schools Boston Public School is a feeder school to Townsend Central Public School and Waterford District High School, part of the Grand Erie District School Board. It is located in Boston, Ontario, near Waterford, Ontario, at 2993 Cockshutt Road, Waterford, Ontario N0E 1Y0. is another active player in this program. "It supports our efforts for independent reading and gets kids to read more," says Jane Skelton, director of English/language arts instruction for the district. "It motivates students by tying reading into something that's fun and familiar and that connects with Boston culture." Like Pickens, she appreciates that the program is free and requires only a minimum of effort on her and her teachers' parts. "It really delivers for kids who don't usually read or who need that extra push," she adds. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Pickens, the program has had a measurable impact on reading scores among the participating schools. Although he knows the program is not solely responsible for this improvement, he is confident it played a significant role. www.tickettoreadingrewards.org |
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