Do We Need Competitive High School Sports?
Oct 31, 2014
Has high school sporting culture become the main mission of high school? Should schools do away with competitive sports entirely?
Projects
School Sports: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
School Sports: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
The Takeaway's series "School Sports: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" examines the growing concern over the role sports play at high schools and colleges around the United States. The conversation will examine how school sports programs engage hundreds of thousands of students across the United States, and how sports can pressure students to perform.
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