Download or read book The Importance of School Sports in American Education and Socialization written by Ronald M. Jeziorski and published by University Press of Amer. This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book articulates the important benefits of school sports and other co-curricular activities which empower youth and dissuade them from gang involvements and deviant behavior. It also describes how these voluntary programs motivate students to stay in school, earn better grades, reinforce the ideals of our Constitution more than any other single type of activity, and prepare youth in cooperative skills so greatly called for by employers today.