Physical Education & Physical Activity
Oklahoma State Profile on Physical Education – Oklahoma mandates at least 60 minutes of physical education per week in full day kindergarten through fifth grade, plus an additional 60 minutes of physical activity, and daily recess may be counted in this 60 additional minutes per week. The state also requires middle school/junior high and high schools to provide physical education to all students, which may include athletics. These mandates are enforced through annual accreditation reporting.
Physical education vs. physical activity – the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
General Resources on Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy Youth
Physical Activity Toolkit – Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Physical Activity – Action for Healthy Kids
Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity among Young People, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy People 2020: Physical Activity and Fitness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports – provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.
Physical Fitness and Activity in Schools, American Academy of Pediatrics
Information or studies against withholding recess/PE
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- Recess in Schools: Disposable or Essential?
- Right to Recess Campaign
Increase Physical Activity at School – the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
