Demand a Quality Physical Education Program In Your School Video

Demand a Quality Physical Education Program In Your School Video. Public Service Announcement in the public domain. Physical activity is critical to the development and maintenance of good health. The goal of physical education is to develop physically educated individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. What is worth teaching and learning in physical education? The national content standards define what a student should know and be able to do as result of a quality physical education program. They provide a framework for developing realistic and achievable expectations for student performance at every grade level. These expectations are the first step in designing an instructionally aligned program. States and local school districts across the country have used the national standards to develop standards, frameworks, and curricula. Others have revised their existing standards and curricula to align with the national standards. The national standards demonstrate that physical education has academic standing equal to other subject areas. They describe achievement, show that knowledge and skills matter, and confirm that mere willing participation is not the same as education. In short, national physical education standards bring accountability and rigor to the profession. Parents are busy with a full workday, helping their children with homework, engaging their children in after school activities, and so on. This doesn't leave a whole lot of time for physical activity in your own lives. Do you realize that schools have devalued and cut physical education to the point that the majority of children get one day of PE per week? Children today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time in one hundred years because of the epidemic of obesity, according to Dr. William Klish, Professor of Pediatrics and Head of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine. Lack of PE at school is a disservice to your child's health. Speak up. Demand that your school offers daily quality physical education. A recent study revealed that 81% of teachers and 85% of parents favor requiring students to take physical education every day at every grade level. As parents, you can rally people in your community to get involved. Physical education is at the core of a comprehensive approach to promoting physical activity through schools. All children, from prekindergarten through grade 12, should participate in quality physical education classes every school day. Physical education helps students develop the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behaviors, and confidence needed to be physically active for life, while providing an opportunity for students to be active during the school day. Leading professionals in the field of physical education have developed a new kind of physical education that is fundamentally different from the stereotypical "roll out the balls and play" classes of decades past that featured little meaningful instruction and lots of humiliation for students who were not athletically coordinated. Professional associations, academic experts, and many teachers across the country are promoting and implementing quality physical education programs that emphasize participation in lifelong physical activity among all students.

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[MNigga08]

@Emrald70 I think you are a dumb motherfucker, PE is very important in schools, especially elementary.

[Emrald70]

i had mandatory PE classes in my school and it didnt encourage me to exercise

in fact i now h8 sports with a passion (especially Rugby)

i personally dont think organsied sports r the way to go

[DinnerforSoup]

@WateverWatever04 you too coo fo skoor dude

[DinnerforSoup]

THIRD!!!

[WateverWatever04]

Srrry there wasn't enough room before I am in gr. 8 and I remember the last time that I had gym everyday was in gr. 1! GRADE 1!!! They're FAT and LAZY so they want us to be FAT and LAZY! WELL NO! Im gonna go for a JOG, RIGHT NOW!!

[WateverWatever04]

we don't have gym everyday so that we can "FOCUS ON MATH AND LANG. ARTS, AND SCINECE ECT...." So they care more about us HATING MATH because they stuff it DOWN OUR THROGHTS 24/7, than us getting FAT!!! Which is stupid... but at my school they have it once a week... ONCE!