April 17, 2001, Mill Valley, CA - Our schools and the children who attend them are being strained nearly to the breaking point. Course work is being intensified, electives cut back, homework and graduation requirements increased. Students spend hours learning how to take standardized tests rather than learning to think independently and creatively. Parents, too, are feeling the pressure. How are they to respond?

Educators, parents, and students are invited to attend The Call of Sport: A Model for Educational Reform, a public forum that will focus on the pressing issues confronting education, and how the positive aspects of sport culture can be a model for resolving these issues. The forum will be held Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., at Tamalpais High School, 700 Miller Avenue, in Mill Valley. Admission is free.

The forum will feature a panel discussion that includes state and national leaders. Among the distinguished panelists are Virginia Strom-Martin, Education Committee Chair in the California State Assembly, and Camille Maben, senior advisor to Delaine Eastin, California Superintendent of Public Instruction. Other panelists include Dan Boggan, Senior Vice President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); Robert Kanaby, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA); social theorist and author George Leonard, winner of 12 national awards for education writing; and others.

Educators, parents, and students are encouraged to voice their concerns during the question-and-answer segment of the panel.
For more information, contact the American Sports Institute at 415-383-5750.

Editor: In a day or two, you'll receive in the mail a brochure on the forum.

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