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Welcome to Houston ISD Ticket to Reading Rewards wiki. Coach Mike Krzyzewski of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions, Duke University, once said, “Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.” What children need today is to become fluent readers that see reading as a leisurely pursuit and not just something you do in school. [|Ticket to Reading Rewards]has afforded [|Houston Independent School District] with the opportunity to motivate children to read more by rewarding them for their efforts. The Ticket to Reading Rewards program has three primary components: reading rewards, tickets to local college basketball games and a coaching component for Middle School coaches to both learn new techniques and to act as mentors for the reading program. This site is dedicated to supporting Campus Coaches as they coach and motivate their team of teachers and students to read more and also to spark a little competition between campuses. We know every youngster is unique, but in life we realize that the end goal for all of our students is to be proficient readers that love the sport of reading as much as they love basketball. Let the reading begin!