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- A Big Fat
"F": When it Comes to Children’s Health, Schools are Getting Just That. by Stacey
Colino. Womens Day. March, 2003.
- Getting Physical. by Peggy Tyre. Newsweek. February 2003.
- New
Study Supports Physically Fit Kids Perform Better Academically, NASPE Press
Release December 10, 2002.
- Fitness Boosts
Brainpower. California Educator. Stories by Sherry Posnick-Goodwin.
- The Issues:
The Importance of Developing Fundamental Motor Skills: Learning How to Catch a Ball.
by Steve Sanders. PBS TeacherSource (11/01/02).
- Obesity
Problem Can't Wait: Less Junk Food and Sodas, More Activities Sought in Schools.
by Michele McNeil Solida. The Indianapolis Star. Dec. 20, 2002.
-
The BIG problem: Schools Emphasize Exercise to Battle Childhood Obesity by Bill
Scanlon. Rocky Mountain News. September 24, 2002.
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Teaching Gym Clash: Fitness, not Competition, is Focus in New P.E. by by SUSAN
GILL VARDON. The Orange County Register. November 15, 2002.
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Personal Best -- A Middle School Wellness Program Removes the Social Rigors from Gym
Class by Bob Moser. Teaching Tolerance Magazine. Fall 2002.
- Understanding
Obesity in Youth. by Samuel S. Gidding et. al. American Heart Association.
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Online PE Class is More than Mouse Clicks. by Jeff Gussow. St. Petersburg Times
(08/05/02).
- Tax
Soda, Help Kids' Obesity?. CBSnews.com. March 28, 2002.
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Fast Food, Fat Children. CBSnews.com. April 21, 2001.
-
Fighting Child Obesity. CBSnews.com. April 1, 2002.
- Facts
on Kids Health. Fitness for Youth.
- Fit For
Life. by Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW - Chicago who reports on a new kind of
physical education program aimed at helping children live healthier lives. Onlin
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. March 22, 2002.
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Fat Denver Kids to Get Pedometers. Yahoo News. April 1, 2002.
- Get Off That Couch. by Annette Miller. Newsweek.com. Nov. 26, 2001 Issue.
- Utah Schools Fight
Student Flab with Modern Fitness Equipment. by Heather May. The Salt Lake Tribune.
LA Times Online. March 18, 2002.
- Obesity
Stats. CNN.com.
-
Critics Aim to Bounce Dodge Ball Off the Schoolyard. by Martin Miller. LA Times
Online. March 2002.
-
What Constitutes a Quality Physical Education Program?
- Why
Children Need Physical Education
- Whatever Happened to Gym
Class?. by Salynn Boyles. WebMD.com. July 2, 2001.
- What's Wrong with Dodgeball? The New Phys Ed and the Wussification of America. by
Matt Labash. The Weekly Standard. June 25, 2001/Vol 6, Number 39.
- Is Dodgeball
Traumatizing Our Kids?. Transcript from CNN's Talk Back Live Program. June 18,
2001.
-
Changing PE from NPR. June 13, 2001.
- New
Phys Ed Favors Fitness Over Sports by CNN Reporter Kathy Slobogin. May 17, 2001.
- Raising the
bar. by KRistin Dizon. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter. Monday, May 7, 2001.
- Obesity of youth is 'epidemic'. by Tom Weir. USA Today (05/02/00).
- New PE
Emphasizes Lifetime Fitness goals. California Educator.
-
The Painful Playground. by Marjorie Williams. The Washington Post. Wednesday, May
9, 2001.
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The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym. by Rick Reilly. Sports Illustrated. May 8, 2001.
- "Be Fit for Life"
Says P.E. Teacher of the Year. by Diane Weaver Dunne. Education World. May 8,
2001.
- Lax Criteria Mean
Kids Get Not-So-Physical Education. by Ed Reed. news-press.com. (not available)
- TV
Linked to Child Obesity. by Jenifer Joseph. ABCNEWS.com. March 25, 2001.
- PE Reinvents Itself.
Northwest Education Magazine. Fall 2000.
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PE Promotes Active Lifestyle Among Adolescents, Study Finds. by Kathleen Kennedy
Manzo. Education Week. June 14, 2000.
- Dodge Ball Takes a
Drubbing In Several School Districts. by John Gehring. Education Week. February
21, 2001.
- Gym Game
Is Unable to Dodge School Policy Shifts. latimes.com. Sunday, November 26, 2000.
- Schools Partly
Blamed for Overweight Kids. USA Today. June 6, 2000.
- Getting a Jump
on Good Health. by Sara-Ellen Amster. November/December, 2000.
- Time's Up
For 'Killer-Competitive' Gym Classes: New Programs Integrate Sports, Social Skills and
More. by JODI LEE REIFER. December 4, 2000.
- Schools Take a
Serious Look at P.E. Class. December 4, 2000. Bendbulletin.com
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Elementary Students to Get More Music, Art, Physical Education by Beth A. Duiser.
Tuesday, December 26, 2000. The Muskegan Chronical.
- Gym Class
Behind Curtain Sets Stage for Bond Issue by Rosa Maria Santana. Monday, January
11, 2001. Plain Dealer Reporter.
- The
Tyranny of Dodgeball is "out" in modern PE by Sophia Dembling, Nov. 1, 2000. Delta
Sky Magazine.
- 6 Ways
to Activate Your Kids, by Bill Brewster, Aug. 18, 2000. Online Health.
- Miss America
Shapes Up Phys Ed Classes by John Morgan. USA Today (Nov 20, 2000). Health
Section.
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Utah Students Lacking Physical Education for Healthy Lives. AP (Nov. 28, 2000).
- Parents to Meet,
Discuss Physical Education Waiver by Diane Haag (October 14, 2000). The News
Gazette.
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Education Bill Tops Concerns by Clarissa J. Walker (Sept. 28, 2000). The Augusta
Chronicle.
- Youth Exercise:
James Sallis. Live chat transcript (August 21, 2000). USA Today.
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Kids' Fitness Has Plunged Since '89: Survey. Japan Times (Oct. 8, 2000).
- Obesity May Kill
300,000 a Year. USA Today. Sunday, Oct. 26, 1999.
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Elective Courses May Get More Time by Shannon Womble (Nov. 17, 2000). The Augusta
Chronicle.
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Redefining the Phrase 'Married To Your Work' by Lorri Helfand (Sept. 5, 2000). St.
Petersburg Times.
-
When Readin' And Writin' Just Won't Do by Jean Mansur (Nov. 28, 2000). The
Star-Ledger.
- Health Agenda:
Get Fit, Eat Healthier. AP (Jan 25, 2000). USA Today. Health Section.
- America's Youth
Needs to Get Moving by Naci Hellmich (Nov 29, 2000). USA Today. Health Section.
- Schools Blamed
for Obese Kids. OnHealth with WebMD (Sept. 13, 2000).
- PE Class Waivers Under Scrutiny
by Dean Olsen. The State Journal-Register.
- Hail
the Olympics! Restore Phys Ed! by Amitai Etzioni (Oct. 9, 2000). Intellectual
Capital.com.
- Parents
Want Gym Classes Back in Schools. Reuters Health (Sept. 12, 2000). OnHealth with
WebMD.
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Extracurricular Activities: Get Your Child Involved by Kimberly Austin.
iParenting.com.
- Helping
Hands: Innovative classes make teamwork an adventure by Steven Kreytak, Staff
Writer. Newsday.com. June 9, 2000.
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P.E. teachers fear flabby generation by Andrew Mollison / Cox Washington Bureau,
April 2, 2000. Cox Newspapers.
-
Study: Teens Need More Exercise. by RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer. (June
5, 2000).
- Is
Your Child Physically Fit?: Gym Classes Aren't What They Used to Be. by Paula
Keyes Kun. mom.com (June 5, 2000).
- Mr. Bunn's
Opus: Swim, Ride and Run. USA Today (03/31/99). Sports Section.
- The New PE by
Tom Weir. USA Today (May 2, 2000). Sports Section.
- Illinois School Sets Pace as PE
model. USA Today (May 2, 2000). Sports Section.
- Special Report - A for Effort: Our Children's Obesity and How Running Can Help by
John Brant. Runner's World (September, 2000),
35, 9. 92-97.
Unfortunately the article is not available online. You will need to purchase the
issue to read it.
- Brewster, Bill. (August 18, 2000).
Six Ways to
Activate Your Kids. Published by OnHealth.com.
-
Status of Physical Education in the Schools?
This is a journal article, published in the Physical Activity and Fitness Research
Digest (September 1999), about the current status of physical education in schools.
- As Children Grow
Fatter, Researchers Try to Find Solutions. by GINA KOLATA. New York Times (October
19, 2000).
- Make
Weight Control More Fun, Say Teens by Nancy A. Melville, reporter for HealthSCOUT
Online Magazine. Saturday, May 27, 2000.
A nice tie in to new and more appropriate physical education practices in this
article.
- Physical Education: Should it be in
the Core Curriculum? by Carl Gabbard. Published in
Principal Magazine which is produced
by National Association for Elementary School
Principals (NAESP).
- The New Physical Education
This article talks about the NEW PE and how it relates to the CDC School Health
Guidelines. While you are there subscribe to the newsletter. If this article is not
there click on "Past Issues" and
you will find it there.
- Kinder, gentler
P.E. meant to get kids hooked on exercise by CNN Reporter Kathleen Koch
- Comparison
of Lifestyle and Structured Interventions to Increase Physical Activity and
Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Andrea L. Dunn, PhD
This is an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA.
Jan. 27, 1999;281:327-334).
Click here for a more detailed presentation of this article.
- Gym: A Physical
Education Series by Carolyn Thornton
Here you will find a series of articles (5 in all) discussing the role physical
education plays in keeping our nation young and healthy. These articles were in the
Providence Journal and Carolyn is a sports writer. To access the articles you will
need to type in "Carolyn Thornton" in the search box. The full articles will only be
available for a short time. Then you will have to search the archives and pay for
downloading the article.
- Public Attitudes
Toward Physical Education: Are Schools Providing What the Public Wants?
A Survey Conducted by Opinion Research Corporation International of Princeton, NJ,
for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
- P.E.
2000: Climb Rocks, Not Ropes by Steve Rhodes
Gym class was dull drills, a waste of academic time, a flop at keeping kids fit -
until new sports like mountain biking rode to the rescue. If this URL fails to work
then you can do a search at
http://www.usaweekend.com/)
- School-based
Interventions Improve Heart Health in Children With Multiple Cardiovascular Disease
Risk Factors by Joanne S. Harrell, et. al., (Vol. 102 No. 2 August 1998, pp.
371-380) published in PEDIATRICS.
You can only view the abstract to this article for free. You will need to
subscribe to their service to see the entire article.
- Couch-potato Kids =
More Sickly Adults by CNN (Pat Etheridge and Kathleen Koch contributors)(May 13,
1998)
Includes audio interviews with Judy Young (have to have certain plug ins for your
computer however) as well as pictures of many of the PE Teachers and kids
interviewed. This is the story that actually aired on CNN on May 13, 1998.
- Guidelines for School and
Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People (March
7, 1997 Issue, Vol.46, No. RR-6).
Click here to get the
At-A-Glance (shorter) Version of this document.
- Meyer, Michele. (November 1997). "The New PE". Better Homes and Gardens, pp. 108,
110.
- Guidelines for School
Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating
- Why Should
Physical Education Be Taught in the Schools? by Judy Young
- Audio
Interview: Fitness Standards for Today's Kids (May 13, 1998). Interview on
National Public Radio's program All Things Considered. Chuck Corbin of Arizona
St. Univ. is interviewed about today's fitness levels and how PE can help.
You will need RealAudio
Player to play and hear this interview. Transcripts are not available on the Web
site but you may order them from NPR.
- Shaughnessy, Dan, "An Exercise in Futility to Trash Gym," The Boston Globe,
May 25, 1996, p. 69.
Shaughnessy decries proposals to eliminate the mandatory physical education
classes required of Massachusetts public school students in every grade, stating
that the gym class period is one of the few times that children in the 1990s get any
exercise.
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Developmentally Appropriate Movement Activities: An Excerpt From The Video "Play
Power" by Sharron Werlin Krull
-
Moving & Learning: Movement Across the Curriculum by Rae Pica
- Families and
Fitness by Timothy Gower
- Hanc, John. (Sept. 7, 1998).
New Exercise Guidelines For
Children Set Them on a Course Toward Healthy Adulthood. Published on
Newsday.com.
- Let's Reopen the School
Gym Door: Bring Back PE by DeWayne Wickham
You will need Real Player to listen to this report about how physical education can
help with fitness.
- Physical Activity
& Sport in the Lives of Girls (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports Report)
- Elementary PE: A
Powerful Tool (by Greg Payne and California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports)
- O'Neill, Catherine. (October 1990). "Do You Hate PE Class"? Washington Post.
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