Schools should not support sports
The Case Against High School Sports
Why the world is smarter than us
Cut school sports before academic programs
The value of high school sports
We can’t continue to value sports over education
Schools should support sports
7.6 million reasons to keep HS sports
High school sports aren’t killing academics
Does athletic success come at the expense of academic success?
The case for high school sports
High school sports bring value to students lives
The value of involvement in school sport
The effects of high school sports participation on labor market participation and academic outcomes
Academic value of non-academics
High school football’s value as a teacher of life lessons
Why parents should push their kids to play team sports
School district misses value of middle school sports
Athletics do offer lessons that are missing in the classroom
Value of MS Sports (YouTube)
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Non-School After School Programs Won’t Solve
Can after school programs help level the playing field?
Sports Coaches are Good Teachers
Athletic coaches and student achievement
Benefits of Youth Sports Participation
Athlete impressions of a character-based sports program for underserved youth
The secret to being a power woman: Play team sports
Successful women are also athletic
Effects of high school athletic participation on academics
The value of high school sports
Gender
Title IX and the Value of High School Athletics
Gender differences in sport involvement
General Co-Curricular
Broh, B.A. (2002). Linking extracurricular programming to academic achievement: Who benefits and why? Sociology of Education, 75, 69-96.
Social Capital
Coleman, J.S. (1987). Families and schools. Educational Researcher, 16, 32-38.
Coleman, J.S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology, 94: S95-S120.
Coleman, J.S. (1990). Foundations of social theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Frtich, W.S. (1999). An overlooked role of high school athletics: The formation of social capital through parent involvement. (abstract link). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 19-23, 1999).
Lipscomb, S. (2006). Secondary school extracurricular involvement and academic achievement: A fixed effects approach. Economics of Education Review, 26(4), 463-472.
Marsh, H.W. (1992). Extracurricular activities: Beneficial extension of the traditional curriculum or subversion of academic goals? (gated, but you can join for free). Journal of Educational Psychology, 84(4), 553-562.
McNeal, R.B. (1995). Extracurricular activities and high school dropouts. Sociology of Education, 68, 62-81.
Parcel, T.L. & Dufur, M.J. (2001). Capital at home and at school: Effects on student achievement. Social Forces, 79(3), 881-911.
Perks, T. (2007). Does sport foster social capital? The contribution of sport to a lifestyle of community participation (gated). Sociology of Sport Journal, 24, 378-401.
Co/Extra Curricular
The Value of co-curricular activities
Green, R. (2009). Cutting school sports is a bad idea. Hartford Courant. Retrieved
Guest, A. & Schneider, B. (2003). Adolescents’ extracurricular participation in context: The mediating effects of schools, communities, and identity. Sociology of Education, 76(2), 89-109. (gated)
Strauss, L. (2011). No high school sports lockout, please! The Huffington Post. Retrieved from
General
Coakley, J. (2011). Youth sports: What counts as positive youth development? Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 35(3), 1-19.
Gould, D., & Carson, S. (2008). Life skills development through sport: Current status and future directions. Sport & Exercise Psychology Reviews, 1(1), 58-78. doi: 10.1080/17509840701834573
Duffett, A., & Johnson, J. (2004). All work and no play? Listening to what kids and parents want from out-of-school time. NY: Wallace Foundation & The Public Agenda.
Gould, D., Flett, M. R., & Lauer, L. (2012). The relationship between psychosocial developmental and the sports climate experienced by underserved youth (gated). Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 13(1), 80-87
Holt, N. L., Tink, L. N., Mandigo, J. L., & Fox, K. R. (2008). Do youth learn life skills through their involvement in high school sport? (gated) A case study. Canadian Journal of Education, 31, 281-304.