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2010-11-01T13:57:45.456-05:00

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Here are the questions I posed: Though physical ...

2010-07-13T11:11:01.312-05:00

Here are the questions I posed:

Though physical education meets the same criteria for rigor that other core subjects in education do, physical education is conspicuously absent from the current list of subjects defined as the core. Will the Let's Move campaign advocate for the inclusion of physical education as a core academic subject?

Why are ... See Moreschools not required to report on ... See Morethe quality and quantity of physical education, physical education facilities, teacher accreditation, and physical education curriculum?

Why are states not required by law that all physical education teachers are licensed in physical education?

Why does the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition not include one person from the Physical Education world?

Why has "Let's Move" failed up to this point to include & recognize the important role Physical Educators play within schools and in combating childhood obesity?

Do you know that the Obama administration’s education policies, some of which stem from the disastrous No Child Left Behind era, will do little, if anything, to increase physical education in public school systems? And that many of those systems have drastically reduced their programs to make more time for standardized test prep?

If you do know, have you talked to him about it and asked him why? If you don’t know but are learning this right now, will you try to find out what’s going on and talk to your husband about taking a really critical look at some of the policies emanating from the Department of Education?

Mandate physical education as a requirement in ele...

2010-07-08T16:23:35.982-05:00

Mandate physical education as a requirement in elementary, middle, and high school. Give us, as physical educators, the funding to help bring this to accomplishment.

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2010-06-28T10:41:19.628-05:00

I love this - so creative! Think they would have traveled 10 miles down a dirt road to "pick me up?" :)

As to your curiousity. We must change the "...

2010-06-25T20:15:58.568-05:00

As to your curiousity.

We must change the "business model" of Physical Education. We cannot continue to teach PE the way it has taught for generations. The public perception of PE has been developed over generations of failing to meet the needs of each individual child in classes.

We need to move towards the "new pe" model of emphasizing fitness and well being, not athleticism. We need to move away from practices that humiliate students. We need to expose kids to the fun and long-term benefits of movement. Educational and traditional Physical Education leadership must embrace the work of Dr. Ratey, Dr. Medina, and Dr. Tillman that shows the link between exercise and learning. They've moved much to slowly in that regard.

We need to take a long look at our college preparation programs and revamp them. We cannot continue to put new PE teachers into the system for 25-30 years teaching PE the same way it was taught in the middle of the last century.

Take Florida. 18% of 6th graders, 27% of 7th graders, and 32% of 8th graders waived PE this past school year. Think of any restaurant you have been to where the service was awful and the food was terrible. Did you ever go back? Likely not. What incentive are we giving children to elect to take Physical Education when the courses largely haven't changed in generations and there isn't really anything appealing to them as individuals on the "menu"???

Ernie, Please look over Section 3 of the Executiv...

2010-06-25T20:01:47.728-05:00

Ernie,

Please look over Section 3 of the Executive Order. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-presidents-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition

The council's authority goes far beyond "to MOTIVATE people to "be like Mike".

Let me toss some names at you. Dr. John Ratey, Paul Zientarski, Jean Blaydes Madigan, Kymm Ballard, George Velarde, Dave Spurlock, Dr. Chuck Corbin, Dr. Aaron Beighle, Dr. Robert Pangrazi, Dr. David Katz, Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Jack Olwell, Artie Kimaya.......could go on....I would entrust the people I just mentioned with the responsibilities laid out for this council more than I would the 25 people appointed the council.

If the goal is to "motivate people to be like Mike" or like any professional athlete we are missing the boat completely and aiming at a high jump bar the at Sergey Buba heoghts where far less than 1% of the population will ever travel.

It's nice to have professional athletes supporting the message but they should not be entrusted to create the message. Coach Parcells summed it up like this, "you can't expect me to cook the dinner if you don't allow me to buy the groceries".

Physical Educators are not be allowed to buy the groceries, heck, they aren't being allowed to make suggestions to the grocery lists

Ernie, “The Billionaires Boys Club" of Gates...

2010-06-25T19:59:24.468-05:00

Ernie,

“The Billionaires Boys Club" of Gates, Walton, and Broad have donated millions to education. Gates, Broad and Walton are committed now to privatizing education via charter schools and to evaluating teachers by test scores. And that’s now the policy of the US Department of Education. We have never seen anything like this, where foundations had the ambition to direct national educational policy, and in fact are succeeding.

The fundamental idea, which has been enshrined at least since the Brown decision of 1954, was equal educational opportunity. “Race to the Top” is not equal educational opportunity. It is a race in which a few states race to the top to have more privatized schools, more test-based accountability, more basic skills, no emphasis on a broad curriculum for all kids, and no equal educational opportunity. I think that’s wrong.

Let this be an example of the negative influences name recognition and money can have on education.

2010-06-25T19:58:21.435-05:00

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It does seem strange to have someone like Carl Edw...

2010-06-25T16:54:44.376-05:00

It does seem strange to have someone like Carl Edwards on there when his only "qualification" to getting nominated is his donation to charities. The others seem to have done something more in helping this cause.

In general, I agree that it would be nice to have a PE teacher on the council. My guess is that with only so many slots, there are a a lot of other good people that could be on there as well.

From reading the bios, what these folks bring to the table are networks/contacts and $$, all needed to help fund any kind of movement.

Also, in the PE world, does AAHPERD select a "PE Educator of the Year"? If so, I doubt that many in the general public would have an idea of who that person is--nothing against them for not being famous in the general public.

While it may just seem like PR, the value I see in having high profile names like Kwan and Brees is to show the general population of kids that these athletes are more than just athletes, that they care about other things besides their sport.

Not only that, since they are well known, if kids see their star advocating "eat right and be active", there's a better chance that that will make a positive impression on them vs the to PE educator saying the same thing.

For so long, we've had the smartest educators scientists, and other healthcare professionals sounding the alarm and preaching the message and where has that gotten us? Not very far, unfortunately.

Even in the world of exergaming, if I go out there and make an ad about the benefits of exergaming, they're going to say, "Who's he?" But if I get Kobe Bryant promoting the use of exergames to get kids moving, you know that sites such as Exergame Fitness will be swamped in a matter of hours!

This Council isn't necessarily set up to provide and promote the best science for physical activity, it's to MOTIVATE people to "be like Mike", and the only way you can do that is with star power. (Man, I'd love to have some stars doing exergames vs someone like the legendary Dr. Steven Blair, no offense to him!)

Coming back to a PE teacher on there, I think the challenge will be is which camp will you want a PE teacher on such a council from? The "traditional" school of PE teachers or the PE4Life teacher? I have to admit that my own personal experience of PE did not promote me to lead a physically active lifestyle--it was a lot of standing around in line, waiting to do a layup drill. Maybe that's why people's idea of PE are still colored by their own personal experience as a kid, therefore they do not see PE in our schools as a main force in instilling LIFESTYLE changes to be more physically active.

I know that PE4Life is different, but it seems that it's still the minority, and therefore, we still have a ways to go in transforming your own house before we can have a unified PE message that would actually get kids and families more active outside of the gym.

Maybe someday, when PE4Life is the norm in all of our schools, someone like the late Phil Lawler will be appointed to such a high profile Council.

Dear PE4Life officials Thank you for your explana...

2010-05-29T10:35:23.927-05:00

Dear PE4Life officials

Thank you for your explanation to my official comment on your blog.

PE4Life, as national and international as you are or want to be, you should have been the number one sponsor for the GoFPEP Conference, specially for the credit you are taking!

Now in your answer to my posting, PE4Life is giving all of us an answer I am copying below, which is inexcusable and typical.

I am very disappointed in PE4Life for putting up a blog on the GoFPEP Conference, taking all the credit on an international HEPEPA event, which you PE4Life should have put on. In my opinion, PE4Life has done virtually nothing, but it seams like PE4Life is taking all the credit. I think an apology from PE4Life to the ones which really organized and were leading the GoFPEP Conference, would be in order.

In the future, I wish PE4Life would give CREDIT to where it belongs. Thank you in advance.
Said all that, we do respect PE4Life for what the organization is doing in general for the schools, children and PEPA, nationally and international.
Have a great Memorial Weekend!

Dear PE4Life officials, Thank you for your explan...

2010-05-29T10:26:46.364-05:00

Dear PE4Life officials,

Thank you for your explanation to my official comment on your blog.

PE4Life, as national and international as you are or want to be, you should have been the # 1 sponsor for the GoFPEP Conference, specially for the credit you are taking!

Now in your answer to my posting, PE4Life is giving all of us an answer I am copying below, which is inexcusable and typical. ''Unfortunately, the timelines of a number of projects taking place made it impossible for us to be directly involved. However, we were very excited to share the event information with schools we trained leading up to the event.''

I am very disappointed in PE4Life for putting up a blog on the GoFPEP Conference, taking all the credit on an international HEPE/PA event, which you PE4Life should have put on. In my opinion, PE4Life has done virtually nothing, but it seams like PE4Life is taking all the credit. I think an apology from PE4Life to the ones which really organized and were leading the GoFPEP Conference, would be in order.

In the future, I wish PE4Life would give CREDIT to where it belongs. Thank you in advance.
Said all that, we do respect PE4Life for what the organization is doing in general for the schools, children and PE/PA, nationally and international.
Have a great Memorial Weekend!

We recently received this comment and wanted to ta...

2010-05-24T13:43:55.882-05:00

We recently received this comment and wanted to take a moment to offer some thoughts:

Hello PE4LIFERS OFFICIALS,

Where were you at this conference. I was looking forward to seeing you all there.

The only ones which were waring PE4LIFE shirts at the GoFPEP Conference were the PILLARS of Grunde Centers New PE/PA Beth Kirkpatrick and Rick Schupbach. You also left out Beth in your BLOG. Without her, Rick and the great people of Grundy Center, UNI and others, the GoFPEP Conference couldn't happen since PE4Life wasn't even there.

The GoFPEP Conference was a great success Thanks to UNI, all great people involved in the conference from Grundy Center, HOPSPorts and their supporters. In my oppinion, PE4LIFE shouldn't take credit for something they haven't even sponsored or endorsed. Said that, I may don't understand, since I am just a German with an observation.

THANK YOU, Grundy Center, UNI and ALL behind this success!

First and foremost, thank you for reading and commenting on our blog. Your support of Physical Education is vital to the health and wellness of the children in this country. Secondly, we wish we could have attended the 2010 Global Forum for Physical Education Pedagogy, as we know it was a monumental event for Physical Education. Unfortunately, the timelines of a number of projects taking place made it impossible for us to be directly involved. However, we were very excited to share the event information with schools we trained leading up to the event.

We are delighted to congratulate Grundy Center’s PE program and supportive administrators for being recognized as one of the best in the world. They’ve had a top notch program for many years, due to the pillar educators you mentioned. We recognized their exemplary program in 2003 when we partnered with them to serve as a PE4life Academy Training Center, which involves training other schools in the methods they’ve found to be successful. This approach fosters community partnerships and true systemic change, the backbone of which we advocate for teaching lifelong health and wellness through physical education.

Grundy Center has played a pivotal role in the perception of Physical Education across the state of Iowa and throughout the United States. Their entire team is truly the best of the best and we are not surprised that they were selected to host such an important conference. As a non-profit organization passionate about grassroots advocacy in Physical Education, we’re committed to seeking out and promoting the most outstanding Physical Educators and their programs. They truly are the ones changing lives and shaping the future of our children.

YUM! I'm going to make this for a Mother's...

2010-05-06T09:36:13.328-05:00

YUM! I'm going to make this for a Mother's Day cookout I'm hosting this weekend!

You (and Phil) just gave me goosebumps!

2010-05-03T11:17:49.971-05:00

You (and Phil) just gave me goosebumps!

Beautifully said, Brenda!

2010-05-03T09:56:03.849-05:00

Beautifully said, Brenda!

Visit a tribute page in Phil's honor: http://...

2010-04-27T10:27:18.333-05:00

Visit a tribute page in Phil's honor:
http://www.pe4life.org/about-us/phil-lawler/

and log on to our Facebook page to share your favorite stories/memories of Phil:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/PE4life/57240990810

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2010-04-23T08:57:31.770-05:00

Sure, blame the game. I think it was the user! :)

Thats great! And that game was the one I had a ha...

2010-04-22T14:50:03.959-05:00

Thats great! And that game was the one I had a hard time figuring out:)