Public Education

What's really wrong with the US education system.

The Case Against High-School Sports - Amanda Ripley - The Atlantic:

"THE UNITED STATES ROUTINELY SPENDS MORE TAX DOLLARS PER HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETE THAN PER HIGH-SCHOOL MATH STUDENT—UNLIKE MOST COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. AND WE WONDER WHY WE LAG IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION RANKINGS?"

One thing I see high school sports teaching kids is.... that it's not their fault they lost, it was the lousy refs and that it's OK to raise hell with, and bitch at, the officials if things don't go your way.


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