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Should Physical Education Be Required?

PLT4M

Physical activity defined by Shape is “any bodily movement that results in energy expenditure.” It empowers elementary school, middle school, and high school students to build up a wide variety of tools to live healthy lifestyles. Piekarz-Porter, et al.

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Strategies for Supporting All Students in Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

Students with special education needs were at an increased risk of failing health and physical education when compared to their general education peers. I grappled with this for a while because we take it for granted that student needs are accounted for in a movement-based class. Adaptations (e.g.,