Physical Education
Read about the role PE classes in schools have in students’ learning and development
Science
Going to the Dogs
A suburban Chicago school simulates the annual Alaskan Iditarod dog sled race.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Risk Seen in Deals Offered By Fitness Group
State officials in Minnesota are telling districts to proceed with caution when making deals with a group that offers schools across the country a way to get new fitness programs for students at no cost.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Take It Outside
Fed up with out-of-shape students, an elementary school teacher trades classroom time for daily walks.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Ky. Law Focuses On Youngsters' Eyesight
Passed in 2000 as part of a comprehensive bill on children's health care, a Kentucky eye-exam requirement, which requires children to undergo eye exams before they start school, is the first and only law of its kind in the United States.
Curriculum
Internet Spawns Online Physical Education
Some 1,600 Florida students are expected to enroll in a cyberspace gym class this year to knock off the state's high school graduation requirement of one semester of physical education.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Pound-Foolish
David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general, says that schools may hold the most crucial role in curing obesity.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Fitness Report Cards Part of 'New PE' Movement
Some 11,000 schools nationwide are now using a program called Fitnessgram that seeks to make physical activity a part of students' daily life by giving them information on their conditioning.
Curriculum
Texas Requires Elementary Schools To Offer 2-Plus Hours Of Physical Ed.
Saying they hope to combat obesity and promote better health for young children, members of the Texas state board of education have voted to require elementary schools to offer more than two hours of physical education a week.
Law & Courts
News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
- California Expert to Lead Disability-Research Institute
- Court Rejects Case Alleging Retaliation by Dallas District
- Department's Record-Keeping Flawed, Inspector General Says
- Ed. Dept. Grants $4.8 Million for Physical Education
Student Well-Being & Movement
News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
- Daily Exercise Required in Texas Primary Schools
- Hiring Bonuses Shot Down in Neb.
- Judge to Probe N.C. Financing
- Fla. Schools Get Better Grades
Student Well-Being & Movement
Dodge Ball Takes a Drubbing In Several School Districts
These days, dodge ball, the frenetic game played for years with reckless abandon by school-age children everywhere, is itself taking a drubbing—from some educators and recreation experts who say the game has no place in schools.
Student Well-Being & Movement
PE Promotes Active Lifestyle Among Adolescents, Study Finds
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they have found concrete evidence to back up what child-health experts have known intuitively for years: Students who do not participate in regular physical education or community recreation programs are far more likely to become couch potatoes.
Curriculum
Minn. Paints Arts Requirement Back Into the Picture
The Minnesota school board has reinstated sections of the state's new graduation requirements dealing with arts performance and physical education after a barrage of protests over its earlier vote to cut them.
Curriculum
U.S. Schools Need To Pump Up Physical Education, Report Warns
Despite reams of evidence suggesting that U.S. students need to be running, jumping, swimming, and sweating more, too many schools haven't put physical education into the starting curricular lineup, a new report concludes.