Petina, David. "Educating College Athletes." Ashbrook Center. Mar. 1990. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . David Petina in his article, "Educating College Athletes" claims that athletes can't graduate college with a substantial degree to do anything more than play a sport. He begins his argument with explaining that most college athletes are only taught one thing in college, playing sports. He writes to show people the said truth about college sports. Petina's audience is parents and students who are hoping for some kind of college degree. This article is about the sad truth of college athletes, most of the time their degrees are useless in anything other than sports. Through this article is 21 years old it is still useful, Petina talks about facts from the 1970's and 80's. Fact of the matter is that the system doesn't change because it works for the colleges and it works for the players. This article also has its own rebutting argument with Notre Dame and Duke. However this article is for college students not high school, which is my main focus. I would use this because it is well written with examples I could use to show people that it is useful to have sports and it is useful to teach math through those sports.

Safier, David. "After School Sports Are Bad for Education." Blog For Arizona. 14 May 2008. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . David Safier in his blog, "After School Sports are Bad for Education" argues that sports distract students from their school work. He beings by name calling then states why he believe sports are bad. He writes to inform people that education should be first. Safier's audience is anyone who is interesting on the pros and cons on sports in school, most likely someone trying to form an opinions.  This blog is very well informative with well used example, its about how education isn't valued by American like it is by others in different states. The blog doesn't have many stats to back up its information. I would use this blog as a source because I could argue it with proof that if sports helps improve education than Americans are more focused than other countries see them. 

Yara, Georgann. "Tempe AIMS Scores Up, but They Want More." Arizona Local News - Phoenix Arizona News - Phoenix Breaking News - Azcentral.com. 18 July 2007. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . Georgnn Yara in her article, "Tempe AIMS scores up, but they want more", asserted that AIMS scores in the Tempe school area have gone up a lot from the years prior. She begins her article without any introduction. She writes this article to inform Arizona readers that there is hope and that school are getting better. Yara's audience is parents who want to be informed where the best schools are and who is improving. In this article Yara writes that AIMS score have jumped a high amount, however there is room for improvement. This is a good article except that it was published in 2007. I would use this a rebutting argument because AIMS score were increasing without the program I was hoping to set up and that students were getting smarter in the classroom not on the courts but then I would talk about reaching that goal by using the program and jumping even higher.

Tankersley, Karen. "Teaching Math Their Way." Educational Leadership 50.8 (93): 12. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . Karen Tankersley's argues in her article, "Teaching Math Their Way", that hands on experiments in math are easier to understand for students than book work. She begin her article talking about fear that adults get when math is higher than 4th grade level. She writes to encourage teachers to teach on like this, to use their resources to show math. Her audience is teachers and parent who are interested in getting their students math grades higher and get them interested in math. Tankersley's article is about teachers teaching math to young students using hands on experiments whether it be pinto beans or pieces of paper, the concept seems easy to grasp when kids can do hands on projects. The downsides of this article is that is published in 1993 which is really dated, also it talks about young kids in elementary schools. I'd use this article is a heartbeat because I'm doing hands on education, tennis to teach geometry.

Bennett, Dr. Tony. "Challenges Facing Education System." MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. . Dr. Tony Bennett, superintendent, in his article, "Challenges Facing Education System" asserts his plan to get Indiana Schools up to sped by 2013. Bennett begins his article with explaining his frustration that most Indiana students cannot passes Advanced Placement, AP, exams or exams in general, then he proceeds into his plans to fix the problem at hand. He writes to inform readers of his plans to raise test scores on these exams. Bennett's audience is for parents, so that they can know how their child's education is being handled. Dr. Bennett's article on education system is well written and provide a description of what he plans to fix while he is superintendent of schools in Indiana. What was fustrating about this article was that it was only Indiana and it didn't reach out to other states and mention their scores. However, this is useful if my program goes national or another state is interested that people can see how if affects different states differently.

Sullivan, Joan, and Mary Hatton. "Math and Science Night." Methods and Strategies Jan. 2011: 58-63. Science Reference Center. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . Joan Sullivan and Mary Hatton in their magazine article, "Math and Science Night" argues the importance of Math and Science Nights in elementary schools. Sullivan and Hatton develop their argument by throughly explaining their topic then by showing how it is useful towards kids and even parents. They write to bring light and importance to an activity that will further expand education for students and parents on a fun level. Sullivan and Hatton write for an audience of teachers who'd like to persuade their bosses to allowing a Math and Science Night at their school, or to inform parents about basic Math and Science Night goals. In this article is about a single night in a school year that is dedicated to the math and science department at school. There are lists of activities for students and their parents to go around and try, all based on math and science. Though the thought of math and science night is nice there is no proof that it actually improves test scores or grades in math or science. I can just this for my essay because it is exactly what I am doing but instead of a big night productions, I'll have one day a week during the day of just math, geometry to be exact.

Farr, Steven. "LEADERSHIP! Not Magic." Education Leadership 68.4 (2010): 28-33. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. . Steven Farr in his journal article, LEADERSHIP! Not Magic claims that money and school funding don't have anything to do with quality education. Farr uses examples like Gillette Eckler to make his argument. He writes shows teachers and parents that school funding is not an accuse for bad schooling. His article is for principles, parents and teachers who are concerned about school funding and their students educations. This article is about educators whose resources were limited and they still managed improve test scores and students understanding. Though the article was interesting and ever helpful most of it was examples, not many statistics that someone could take and use in an article. This source, with or without the statistics, is helpful for me because my topic involves being minimalistic and using a sport to teach, no paper, no class room, just a tennis court, racket and a ball.

Sandra Eggers, in her "The Geometry of Tennis" (2001), proposed the idea that tennis is all about angles. Eggers supported her statement providing evidence that math is commonly used in a tennis match. The author's purpose was to show that geometry isn't pointless and only used once, that you use it every time you play tennis. Eggers writes in a tutorial tone to teach her readers about the geometry in tennis.In this article Eggers talks about the geometry of tennis and the real math behind it all. She talks about different shots and how the angles affect how the opponent is going respond because of it. I will definitely use this article in my proposal because this is the whole topic in a nut shell. However, even though it was useful this article is, it mentioned doubles often and hardly talked about singles. 

Mary Bustamante, in her article "8th grades fail AIMS math" (2003), claims that most students in Arizona fail the math portion of the AIMS test. Bustamante begins her claim stating that very few students pass the math AIMS. The author's purpose is to bring light to the subject at hand hoping people would fix it.  In this article Bustamente points out the statistics of students who have failed, not only the math AIMS but also the reading AIMS. Bustamente also mentions how many of these students can actually speak english and how that affects their scores. Though this article is really great information, if more were available, than this would have been even more useful. I will use this information as a base to my research. From this I will grow with more information and putting it all together into my topic.