The Answer Sheet: physical education


Posted at 12:15 PM ET, 05/25/2013

Physical education should be a 'core' subject: Institute of Medicine

By Valerie Strauss
The Institute of Medicine says this is necessary to help confront a "pandemic" of physical inactivity that has contributed to a critical national health challenge.

By Valerie Strauss  |  12:15 PM ET, 05/25/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  A 'Pandemic' of Physical Inactivity, Physical Education

Posted at 10:24 AM ET, 07/12/2010

Questions for Michelle Obama's live Web chat on obesity
By Valerie Strauss
First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting her first live web chat on Tuesday about her national campaign to end the country's obesity epidemic. Here are a few questions for her.

By Valerie Strauss  |  10:24 AM ET, 07/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health, Health | Tags:  first lady and web chat, first lady michelle obama and let's move, let's move and michelle obama, michelle obama, michelle obama and first web chat, michelle obama and obesity, michelle obama and web chat, nclb and physical education, physical education and obesity, web chat and let's move

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 07/09/2010

The problem with linking phys ed to academics
By Valerie Strauss
Sure, physical education has been linked to academic achievement. But why should it be? Isn't being physically fit a goal unto itself?

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 07/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Guest Bloggers, Guest Bloggers | Tags:  benefits of physical education, guest bloggers, health, pe and academics, physical education, physical education and academics, physical education and test scores, sean slade, teaching to the whole child, the whole child

Posted at 05:00 PM ET, 06/02/2010

Must we link P.E. (and everything else) to test scores?

By Valerie Strauss
Is there nothing in education today that we do not feel the need to justify through improved standardized test scores? A new report is out about physical education in public schools. The news is not good.

By Valerie Strauss  |  05:00 PM ET, 06/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health, Health, Health | Tags:  american heart association, let's move, michelle obama, michelle obama's anti-obesity campaign, obama and get Fit, obesity, obesity epidemic, physical activity and health, physical education, physical education and test scores, recommended physical education guidelines, standardized test scores

Posted at 04:07 PM ET, 02/02/2010

Schools and overweight kids
By Valerie Strauss
Would you support a university's decision to grant diplomas to overweight students only if they took a special fitness class? One school actually did this for several years.

By Valerie Strauss  |  04:07 PM ET, 02/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health | Tags:  health, physical education

Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 01/08/2010

P.E. humiliations can be lasting

By Valerie Strauss
Were you ever humiliated in gym class when you were a kid, and do you remember the episode as if it happened yesterday? Well, according to one researcher, phys ed humilitations are so powerful that they can keep someone from pursuing active physical fitness later in life.

By Valerie Strauss  |  12:08 PM ET, 01/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health | Tags:  physical education

Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 08/31/2009

The First Chat
By Valerie Strauss
Thanks for all the questions sent to The Answer Sheet for our first chat about a range of issues. Read a transcript by clicking here....

By Valerie Strauss  |  11:05 AM ET, 08/31/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Spanish, foreign language, homework, parents, physical education, school, sleep, students