Athletic Facility Thompson
Athletic Facility Management: Thompson et al.
There is a direct correlation between the resources which are available to a school and the quality of the education which is received by the students there enrolled. Greater financial availability and better resource allotment will lead to better teachers, technologically progressive classrooms and the best of learning equipment in all areas of educational development. This is the central thesis of the text by Thompson et al. (2008), which describes the balance demanded of those influencing financial decisions within the framework of a school or school district.
The text functions as an instructive source in a discussion on athletic facility management, as this is an area where the quality of facilities and equipment will have a substantial bearing on the enthusiasm, opportunity and safety with which students are able to approach physical education and extra-curricular participation. Sadly, though many improvements have been made across the academic spectrum, vast inequalities continue to litter American educational standards based on the disparity of available resources. The result is that even as changes and improvements have been made across the boards, schools continue both to decline infrastrucuturally and to experience a simultaneous failure to live up to opportunities now emergent.
As the text by Thompson et al. indicates, "the newest data argue that if unmet needs are vast in only the context of general upkeep and repair, they are staggering in the context of a fuller definition of total infrastructure and endorses costs of improvements associated with educational program adequacy." (Thompson et al., 260) This is the argument which is at the crux of the text, provoking the conclusion that proper financial allotment is required to produce positive academic results both generally and in the area of physical education.
Works Cited:
Thompson, D.C.; Crampton, F.E. & Wood, C.W. (2008). Money and Schools. Eye on Education.
