What We’re Reading This Week
Active Shooter Drills | Arts for Learning | Meritocracy HS Sports | Bubbles are Basic | Miserable in Pasadena, TX
Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read.
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Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports
“As parents have recognized that athletic success can burnish college applications, sports have come to resemble just another pre-professional program, with rising costs, hyper-specialization, and massive opportunity-hoarding among the privileged. “
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Battle of the Bubbles
“…it turns out that just about anyone can inject carbon dioxide into water, flavor it, and package it.”