As you may have already noticed at the bottom of this Web site, the designer of the “Progress Avenue” theme, Chris Pearson, requests mention of OpenEducation.net, a site dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today.
One of the site’s most popular posts is entitled, “Athletics Do Offer Lessons that are Missing from the Classroom.”
The editor, Thomas Hanson, tackled a 2007 report called Sports Done Right. The report, which seeks to “refocus the athletic experience on its initial intent,” was done by a select panel of school leaders and student-athletes, working in conjunction with the University of Maine.
Sports Done Right “identifies seven basic core principles that form the basis for a sound amateur sports program. Though the focus is clearly on the middle and high school sports experience, the vast majority of the material could translate to the collegiate level as well” (OpenEducation.net, 2007).
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