The inner-city dream of stardom is reportedly still alive
- Youth participation in every sport is declining in urban neighborhoods
- Football teams, even at larger urban schools, are shrinking in size because of a lack of players
- Community participation is down, too
- Kids raised in two-parent families are more likely to develop essential skills like persistence, self-regulation, and trust, which are as important to success in team sports as they are in school.
With the right resources, kids from inner-city neighborhoods will excel at sports
- Evidence comes from private institutions, especially charters and Catholic schools, which continue to succeed at educating kids in inner cities and producing the kind of top athletic talent for which city schools were once widely known.
- Inner-city kids who emerge from these programs often succeed, becoming middle- and upper-middle class themselves and raising children with those advantages.
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