The report recommends that the Department of Education designate physical education as a core subject like math and reading. "It is as important because it affects kids' health, cognitive function ...

And what subject is consistently underfunded, understaffed and underscheduled? If you answered physical education to both questions, you get an A grade. Inactivity has been called “the new ...

New report makes ambitious recommendations for PE requirements. May 23, 2013— -- An Institute of Medicine report out today makes some ambitious recommendations for physical education ...

is that 44 percent of school administrators report slashing big chunks of time from physical education, arts and recess since the passage of the No Child Left Behind law in 2001 in order to boost ...

UNESCO data indicates that 89% of 117 countries report that PE is the same for girls and boys. In addition, 82% of PE teachers have seen COVID-19 negatively impact participation, particularly amongst ...

Though those numbers were goals, not requirements, schools were mandated to report how much physical education they offered during the 2007-08 school year.