Sports and Education: A Reference Handbook

By Anna Marie Frank

A timely, unbiased look at the positive and negative effects of school-sponsored sports on the American education system.

At a time when sports coverage inundates the airwaves, when coaches are routinely among the highest-paid school employees, and when professional sports recruiters are increasingly focusing on high school students, Sports and Education offers a balanced, thought-provoking look at a deep-cutting issue. Is it time for the United States to mirror a number of other industrialized countries and remove sports from educational settings, as many education and athletic professionals have suggested?

Sports and Education challenges many long-held assumptions and examines all viewpoints surrounding this question. The result is a clear-eyed, research-supported look at both the positive and the negative impact of school-sponsored athletics on the participants, their nonparticipating classmates, parents, coaches, fans, educators, and school boards.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185109525X
• ISBN13: 9781851095254
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher