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Do the Math: Elizabeth Kolbert on High School Sports and Academics

Forget math and reading; athletics are what really matter. Would any educator actually say that? Would any parent? Apparently, yes, some would. Staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert discusses the situation in the New Yorker in September 2013.

Read it here: Kolbert, "Have Sports Teams Brought Down America's Schools?"

 

A Sizzling Debate: Marta Zaraska on Lab-Grown Meats

It’s still many years from appearing on the menu of your local burger joint, but the first lab-grown patty debuted this summer and it has generated some meaty discourse. Science journalist Marta Zaraska contributes to the debate in this August 2013 essay in The Atlantic.

Read it here: Zaraska, "Is Lab-Grown Meat Good for Us?"