You've heard of sit-in?   A few years back ( well, quite a few years back) they were as popular as "peaceful demonstrations".  Well some Chicago students and parents organized a "play in" earlier this week at Chicago Public Schools Headquarters.

Chicago parents are upset that CPS does not have a  mandatory recess period.  It is up to an individual school and teachers whether to offer recess.  Some parents think that is &q…

Retiring Kindergarten teacher Beverly Gavrel donates Peaceful Playgrounds Program to improve the place children play at Phillips Elementary school.



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Parents, advocates and students  in Buffalo, New York tell School Board to implement The District Wellness Policy which includes daily recess.

The evening speakers spoke to a number of health topics including: daily recess, pregnant teens, and Physical Education.  “We have a significant portion of our children who are overweight – for example, 45 percent of our seventh-graders – and our sexual health risk factors are the poorest in the entire…

I guess because its spring or maybe because the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a blog post about it but either way the dodgeball debate is raging again.  I always defer to The  National Association of Sport and Physical Education's (NASPE) position statement on dodgeball which provides guidance to physical education teachers and schools in general.  But first, what brought this topic to the surface?


The San Francisco Chronicle blog spoke about…

Goal V: Active Kids at Play



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