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Lee, Sarah M.; Burgeson, Charlene R.; Fulton, Janet E.; Spain, Christine G. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Comprehensive school-based physical activity programs consist of physical education and other physical activity opportunities including recess and other physical activity breaks, intramurals, interscholastic sports, and walk and bike to school initiatives. This article describes the characteristics of school physical education and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reston, VA. National Association for Sport and Physical Education. – 1993
Despite an act of Congress encouraging state and local governments and local educational agencies to provide high quality daily physical education programs for all K-12 students, there is no federal law mandating physical education. Each state decides if physical education should be offered and how much time should be devoted to it. This booklet…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, National Surveys
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This manual is printed primarily to present to educational committees of the State legislatures, educators, legislators, and interested citizens, the essentials of a program of educational legislation, state-wide in scope, based upon the experiences of the various States during the past several decades. A large amount of proposed educational…
Descriptors: Guides, School Organization, School Administration, School Support