Willard's Male Mentor Program. Teaching Pre K-8, 26, pp 45. (1996).
The Willard school believes strongly in having male role-models. They want this because some children do not have male figures in their home to look up to. Willard school believes that a male figure can be given at the school for students to look up to. Eight men teach at the school and encourage the students as much as possible by talking with them in the hall, having lunch with them, and even going to activities in their community. They have also created a male mentor program for when boys need to talk, and they have held a formal dinner for the boys in the school. It can encourage male students to know that there is always someone to talk to. One teacher in particular follows up on his students to track their process when they leave his classroom.

Worthy, J. (2002). The Intermediate Grades: What makes intermediate-grade students want to read? The Reading Teacher 55, 6. 568-9
Worthy looks at different ways to get children reading, both boys and girls. Students sometimes feel that reading is a chore when school and teachers give rewards, points or grades, and therefore feel they do not have to do it (Kohn, 1993). However, Worth has come up with two possibilities to get children engaged. Engaging instruction wants teachers to do more read alouds, show excitement in books that will also get the children excited and also, students questioned said that they did not always like doing responses or worksheets about what they have read. The students found drama, read alouds, and role-playing among others much more motivational. The second he termed as choice, and variety in reading material. Students want more choice in what they read, and Worthy also noted that the children were discouraged because there was a lack of new material in their library. He feels that a child is reading is better than a child not reading. A child who starts reading a wrestling magazine which he is interested in, Worthy notes, will move on to more challenging reading materials after he sees how fun reading is.

Worthy, J. (1998). 'One every page someone gets killed!' Book conversations you don't hear in school. Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 41, 7. 508
Using prior research information, his son and his friend, Worthy address the problem of boys literacy. In particular he examines the problem of reluctant readers. Although they are labeled as reluctant readers in school, many boys, including his son, are avid readers outside of the classroom.