PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

And this lack of physical activity doesn’t come without consequences – it impacts everything from students struggling to focus in class to staggering rates of childhood obesity. In the past, we have looked at physical education as the sole solution to addressing physical activity and students’ physical health and well-being.

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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.

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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.

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PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

Using a powerful case study at one high school in Illinois, Ratey made the case that “even moderate exercise will supercharge mental circuits to beat stress, sharpen thinking, enhance memory, and much more.” We can’t assume that students will get this outside of school. Then you will be assigned a movement.

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