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Direct linkKearns, Nancy E. – Journal of School Health, 2022
As obesity and physical inactivity rates continue to rise in the United States, Kentucky ranks third in childhood obesity rates (10-17 year olds) and 50th in physical inactivity. The public school environment is a logical place to examine practices and closely discern how time is spent. Federal legislation over the past 50 years has largely…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Physical Activity Level, Obesity, Educational Policy
Download full textBooth, Eric; Shields, Joseph; Hoepfner, Danial; Pham, Christine – Texas Education Research Center, 2019
In 2015, the United States Congress replaced the "No Child Left Behind Elementary and Secondary Act" with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (P.L. 114-95), which identifies health and physical education as key components of a well-rounded education (Cooper, Greenberg, Castelli, Barton, Martin & Morrow, 2016). This followed a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
