PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Authors Note: In recent years, the larger educational community has explored if any subject should be required, especially at the high school level. Physical activity defined by Shape is “any bodily movement that results in energy expenditure.” Canton High School in Massachusetts has gone in the opposite direction.

Physical Education 119

Physical Education Education Education Elementary School 119

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week. 13% of students do not graduate from high school, with minority populations and low-income students disproportionately affected. Long story short, elementary through high school students are struggling.

Physical Education 98

Physical Education Health Education Education 98

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness.” For example, a PE teacher might aim to introduce different movements like the squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull in a foundational human movement unit.

PE 52

PE Middle School Motor Skills PE Teacher 52