March 30, 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?

On Monday, April 2 at 9:00 a.m., KQED-FM 88.5 will air on its Forum show a segment on the pressing issues in education today, and how the positive aspects of sport culture can be a model for resolving these issues and reforming our schools. Hosted by Michael Krasny, Forum is a talk show that addresses social issues on a local, statewide, and national scale.

Guests for the April 2 show include Virginia Strom-Martin, Education Committee Chair in the California State Assembly; Dr. Barbara McCombs, senior researcher at the Denver Research Institute; and Dr. Joel Kirsch, president of the American Sports Institute.

Listeners are encouraged to call in and voice their concerns during the question-and-answer segment of the show.

For more information, contact the American Sports Institute at 415-383-5750.

Note: Strom-Martin will join other distinguished panelists at a public forum on sport and educational reform on Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m. at Tamalpais High School (700 Miller Avenue) in Mill Valley. Admission is free.

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