Though Chris Baumgartner is set to retire at the end of the school year, her impact as a physical education teacher at Teller Elementary School in Denver will long be felt. Baumgartner, also known fondly as “Diva” has worked in …
Right now, Washington State’s Central Kitsap School District (CKSD) and eight other geographic service districts set their PE standards in accordance the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). The WIAA is a private, nonprofit service organization that establishes PE requirement policy …
The United States Department of Education may soon determine whether California public schools are using discriminatory factors like ethnicity and race to restrict physical education opportunities to students. On August 13th, 2015 several civil rights and community health groups filed …
John Paciorek, a P.E. teacher at a small private school in San Gabriel, California does not at first appear to be anyone out of the ordinary. An excellent teacher, he has taught physical education in San Gabriel for 30 years, …
Ken Reed, author of, “How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan” has a pretty firm opinion on the popular gym class activity dodgeball. After the film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story came out over a decade ago, there was …
School districts within Southern California are beginning to get on board with increasing physical education within its school systems. Redondo Beach Unified School District elementary schools have only recently hired certified physical education specialists. It has now hired both full- …
A P.E. teacher at Enterprise Elementary in Federal Way, Washington has come up with a very interesting way to get students at the school moving. For 15 years, teacher Tom Wallat has been encouraging his students to participate in exercise …
Common Core State Standards have caused a great deal of controversy since its implantation. While parents and educators may find issue with the new standards, it has had some positive effects in the education system. In California, for example, the …
A large percentage of New York City schools have recently been found to be in violation of the state requirements for physical education. The report is the result of Education Department surveys during the 2012-14 school years. Scott Stringer, the …