Winds of Transformation

The Arete School

The American Sports Institute is creating a school, a school unlike any other, that will serve as a model for transforming America’s public-school system. This K-12, tuition-free, privately funded, community-based school will use the principles and practices the work in sport culture, physical education, and wellness to generate high academic scores, high health and fitness scores, and high motivation scores for all its students, including those from disadvantaged families. This school will also be a resource and training center for educators across the country and around the world.

The following are 30-second videos related to The Arete School:


ASI Advisor Professor David Shernoff of Rutgers and Northern Illinois universities on how the positive aspects of sport culture can serve as a foundation for transforming America’s public-school system. The Arete School curriculum will be informed by these positive aspects.