CNN features UNC in analysis that claims athletes “read like 5th-graders”

cnnlogoA CNN investigation published Tuesday, Jan. 7 found that public university student basketball and football players could read only up to an eight-grade level. A former learning specialist at UNC-Chapel Hill claims a Tar Heel basketball player she worked with couldn’t read or write.

Mary Willingham researched the reading levels of 183 UNC athletes who played football or basketball from 2004 to 2012 and found that 60 percent read between fourth- and eighth-grade levels.

CNN Headline: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders

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