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Physical education is important for academic success—here's how it benefits kids' cognition

There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 years ago. This is concerning, given how important PE and physical ...

PE can boost children’s health and education – let’s make it central to the curriculum

Children could be empowered to choose activities that enable them to learn the knowledge and skills to make healthy life choices.
BBC

'PE teachers need more education on disabilities and sport'

A top British wheelchair tennis player has started a campaign to make physical education (PE) more inclusive for children and young people with disabilities. Ruby Bishop, 21, from Norwich, said she ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

For home-schoolers, ski lessons double as PE classes

No odorous locker rooms can be found in the physical education class Tamar Clifford’s kids take. They don’t have to run a timed mile, nor do they get to play dodgeball. But their PE class may be the ...
The Conversation

PE at school isn’t like adult exercise – but maybe it should be

Ash Cox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Kids aren’t often taught by certified PE teachers. No wonder their fitness is lagging

To the editor: The L.A. Times editorial board is right to point out that state Department of Education should look beyond the tests and look at the physical fitness programs for public school students ...
The Conversation

Joe Wicks got children moving – how to keep them active as lockdown ends

Loughborough University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. When parents in the UK were suddenly forced to become teachers to their kids in lockdown, physical education (PE) was ...