School sports receive the most education-related media coverage, according to a new report. Aside from education funding, there are four times as many stories about sports than education policies in local, regional and state media outlets.

Roughly 13.6 percent of education media coverage focuses on sports, more than twice as much as the next most-discussed topics. Special events, such as open houses and field trips, and school funding each received roughly 5 percent of education coverage.