High-challenge high schools
Once again, Oakland’s American Indian Public Charter High has topped the Washington Post‘s list of the nation’s most challenging high schools. The index measures the percentage of students taking a...
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‘To write is to learn’
Every Cleveland Browns player has a tablet computer — and a pad of paper. Coach Mike Pettine believes tells players writing by hand will improve their chances of learning complex plays, reports Kevin...
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No more school sports?
Sayreville High canceled its football season in response to charges of locker room assaults. A New Jersey high school canceled its football season after seven varsity players were charged with hazing...
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Stanford player promotes reading
Wayne Lyons will read the quarterback when he covers pass receivers for the Stanford Cardinal in Tuesday’s Foster Farms Bowl. He’s into reading, reports Elliott Almond for the San Jose Mercury News. A...
View ArticleThe flip side of ‘Friday Night Lights’
Friday Night Lights, a book and movie that became a TV series, featured the Permian Panthers’ quest for the state championship in football-obsessed Texas. A new movie called Carter High is about their...
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Spartans may win bowl, but will they graduate?
LJ Scott runs past a block made by Donavon Clark to help Michigan State beat Oregon on Sept. 12. Credit: Alice Kole/State News Michigan State was a winner on the football field this year, qualifying...
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Pro loves football, math
Baltimore Ravens lineman John Urschel, who’s working on his PhD in math at MIT, taught a lesson to summer-school students at a Maryland high school. It’s not unusual for star athletes to try to...
View ArticleIs football too risky for kids?
Is football too dangerous for teens HBO’s Real Sports looks at the risks of head trauma — 17 players have died in the last three years — and at USA Football’s safety initiative, “Heads Up Football.”...
View ArticleUtah girls demand their own football teams
If high schools fund a boys’ football team, they should fund a girls’ football team, claims a Title IX lawsuit by parents of six Utah girls, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The Jordan, Canyons and...
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Youth football takes more hits
Children who are five, six and seven can play Pop Warner “Tiny-Mite” football. California, Illinois and New York legislators are considering banning children from playing tackle football because of the...
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