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The Case Against High School Sports

BY Laura Anderson
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Amanda Ripley

October 2013

In this article published by The Atlantic, author Amanda Ripley draws on Marguerite Roza’s research as she describes the role of high school sports in the American education system, how current resource allocations favor sports over academics, and consequences as American students fall behind in international rankings.

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