Category: Health & PE
November is always a special time of year for me. My big Italian family and I fight each year over who is taking which holiday and who is bringing …
Things in the advocacy world move quickly. One vote, on one day, can instantaneously offer a $700 million boost in funding for schools to have the opportunity to support …
Even if you’re a physical education professional, the acronym PETE may not immediately resonate with you. PETE … no, not your friend Pete … probably something with physical education …
As chair of the SHAPE America Health Education Teacher Preparation Standards Task Force, I feel like I have birthed, nurtured and raised the 2018 National Standards for Initial Health …
Veteran PE teachers can make a difference in the success of newly hired physical education teachers. Often, new teachers can feel overwhelmed in the transition to a new position. …
As I reflect in October around National Bullying Prevention Month, I thought I’d be brave and tell you a story. (I’m the “moral courage president” — right?) When I was …
The field of education more broadly has an increased focus on “righting” social inequities that plague our students, teachers, schools and society. By inequities, we mean the patterns in our society …
This fall, as you are embarking on the back-to-school grind, Congress returns from their summer recess with a very important task at hand — funding the federal government for …
In today’s climate of fake news and neglect of science, it’s easy to dismiss evidence as something we don’t really need to help K-12 health and physical education professionals …
As we enter the new school year, we are excited to announce more details around SHAPE America’s new signature initiatives. These new community and school-based programs will offer more …
