For many P.E. teachers, physical education is just a job. They go in each day and teach kids about healthy habits without necessarily exemplifying those habits in their own lives. Kids in turn can see this and, as a result, …
As school districts adapt to shrinking budgets, physical education programs are being threatened, sometimes cut out entirely. This may be having a distinctly negative impact on students’ cognitive development and performance in the classroom. Multiple studies have been released on …
Physical Education programs are used to seeing their budgets cut in favor of academic programs in this day and age. Schools pressed to meet their needs will cut from physical education not always seeing the link it can have too …
Chris Allen not only teaches physical education, he lives it. In fact, the P.E. teacher recently completed his first full Iron Man event. Allen is employed with Enterprise Elementary and South Shore Elementary in Decatur, Illinois where he combines his …
The age gap between students and teachers can often make it difficult for the two to relate in an impactful way. Students will feel as if teachers do not understand them, and teachers can see students trying to be themselves …
It’s no surprise that some kids struggle with math and science. Schools put emphasis on it and there are tutors available in many school districts to help students with these two subjects. There’s also the ever-present question of “when will …
Within the California Education Code, there is a requirement that every school district must provide students in grades 1-6 with 200 minutes of physical education for every ten school days. However, on September 11, the Palo Alto Unified School District …
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 …