Schools Struggle with Requiring PE

Lucas Johnson II:

At Moore Elementary School, fourth-grader Michael Turri looks forward to 30 minutes of jump-rope at the start of the day.

"It really gets my brain going," said the 10-year-old. "You need to do this stuff to get through life."

That's one of the approaches this suburban Nashville school takes to thwart a growing childhood obesity problem. Students at Moore are required to take PE every day.

Now, some state lawmakers are pointing to Moore as a model for the state in a plan to set tougher phys ed standards for all schools

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 10, 2006 8:02 PM
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