Boys win on girls’ swim teams
Boys are competing — and winning — on girls’ swim teams in Massachusetts, reports the New York Times. Boys do especially well in the 50-yard freestyle “in which strength can trump talent or technique.”...
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U.S. vs. the world in sports and school
Why is the U.S. so good at athletics — look at the Olympic medal count — and so mediocre in education? Not so fast, answers Mike Petrilli on Flypaper. Sure, the U.S. and China win the most gold (and...
View ArticleEd Dept: Disabled have right to compete in sports
Disabled students must have “equal access” to school sports, the U.S. Education Department ruled Friday. If there’s no “reasonable” way to include disabled athletes on school teams, schools must set up...
View ArticleSchools excel in sports — and academics
Ohio high schools that invest in athletic success also produce more academic success, concludes a study by Jay Greene and Dan Bowen published in the Journal of Research in Education. A winning sports...
View Article‘How badly can we mess up kindergarten?’
Ryan was ready to read, but the public school didn’t teach reading in kindergarten. So Paula Bolyard and her husband decided to homeschool for a year, thinking, “How badly can we mess up kindergarten?”...
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Wisconsin athlete suspended for tweet
It’s bad sportsmanship for high school fans to chant “air ball,” “season’s over” (during a tournament) or other insults declared the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association in an email. Mockery...
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Why parents push kids in sports, but not school
American parents push their kids more in sports than academics writes Mark Perry on the American Enterprise Institute blog. Why? In sports, “strict standards, scores, times and rankings are accepted as...
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