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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Sources: Good News--Journal of the American Medical Association (12/6/00); New England Journal of Medicine (12/7/00); Bad News--NEJM (12/6/00); CDC...
Sources: DreamWorks; the American Anti-Slavery Group; CDC; Washington Post; New York Times; umbershoot.net
Furthermore, schools are generally not held accountable for their students' physical fitness. Some states, like Missouri, New York and South Carolina, are beginning to implement assessments of PE skills that would be part of the public report card. "What are most schools now rewarded for?" asks CDC health scientist Howell Wechsler, a contributor to the President's report. "Achievement in language arts, math, social studies...
...Penn., runs a two-year-old program based on Lawler's model--and on a budget of just $1,000 a year. Setting a much needed national example, the decidedly working-class district upped the PE requirement for high schoolers to a daily 42 minutes starting next year. The CDC's Wechsler advises school boards to re-evaluate their priorities. "You might argue that you can skip algebra and do O.K.," he says. "But learning about how to stay healthy could save your life...
Sources: Lexis-Nexis, BBC; International Maritime Bureau; CDC, AP; Let's Get Ready (Jive...