> State funding was increased for organized sport, music, art, dance and other clubs, to give kids alternative ways to feel part of a group, and to feel good, r

> State funding was increased for organized sport, music, art, dance and other clubs, to give kids alternative ways to feel part of a group, and to feel good, rather than through using alcohol and drugs, and kids from low-income families received help to take part. By contrast, how to create America today: reduce recess, remove athletics, reduce participation in arts, teach to the test, pave over green space, fund/segregate schools by property value, avoid project-based learning.