Achievement Elementary School Motor Skills Obesity 
PLT4M
AUGUST 22, 2023
Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week. And again, we must reiterate that the health benefits of physical education are not limited to only our very young people in elementary schools.
PLT4M
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Instead, Shape outlines physical education as “an academic subject that provides a planned, sequential, K-12 standards-based program of curricula and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge and behaviors for healthy, active living, physical fitness, sportsmanship, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence.”
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