AEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera tackle the topic of school sports in today's episode. Their conversation covers whether K-12 sports are helpful or harmful for kids, how to balance academics and athletics, whether college football coaches are paid too much compared to professors, what U.S. sports can learn from New Zealand rugby players, and much more.

Learn more about Rick and Pedro's book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.