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PE classes return to JCPS elementary school after 15 years

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - There’s finally a class to get elementary kids moving at Atkinson Elementary School in West Louisville. Their physical education program is back after 15 years, thanks to ...
The Conversation

Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition

Simon Cooper receives funding from the Waterloo Foundation, Rosetrees Trust, Stoneygate Trust and Education Endowment Foundation. There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in ...
WECT

Get Fit with 6: PE teacher starts ‘morning milers’ program at local elementary school to get kids moving before class

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - When Caitlin Hunter got the job as coach and PE teacher at Pine Valley Elementary School in 2019, she started the morning milers program to get kids interested in physical ...
The Washington Post

What happened to P.E.? It’s losing ground in our push for academic improvement.

I didn’t like daily high school physical education classes. I was a poor athlete. I made the tennis team but lost every match against opponents from other schools. I would have preferred anything to P ...
Herald & Review

Special bonds emerge from adaptive PE class

MOUNT ZION — Isabelle Patterson and Claire Eagle have been “buddies” for three years. Mount Zion High School’s adaptive physical education class for students in life skills and essential skills ...