This page provides information about the Master's Degree in Physical Education and current best practices in physical education teaching and research.
05/05/2016
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Should Activities Like Marching Band Satisfy State Physical Education Requirements? It's a new world in 2016 with physical education and activity goals and requirements that are very different than in the past.
05/04/2016
Proven time and time again! Active Kids Are Better Learners; Just Look at Beaverton
Active Kids Are Better Learners; Just Look at Beaverton
To an outsider, the first 10 minutes of every school day at Bonny Slope Elementary in Beaverton, Oregon, look like pandemonium.
Not a single kid is seat...
05/04/2016
Wearable Innovations: How can they be realistically implemented in classrooms?
Adidas is Bringing Wearable Tech to PE Class Students across the nation might be playing kickball with Adidas wristbands on soon — the company has teamed up with Interactive Health Technologies to bri
05/03/2016
Some humor for you this Teacher's day http://buff.ly/1Y66uKb
20 things you'll only know if you've been a teacher Discover what REALLY goes on in the staff room at school.
05/03/2016
Interesting opportunity/news!
http://www.wnyc.org/story/mayors-budget-adds-100-million-physical-education-schools/
Mayor's Budget Adds $100 Million for Physical Education in Schools More money for gym teachers and additional resources to help homeless children are among the education items in Mayor Bill de Blasio's revised budget proposal.
05/03/2016
Happy Teachers Day to every teacher out there!
04/19/2016
How the Teacher Shortage Could Turn Into a Crisis The winner of a $1 million prize honoring excellence in teaching set off shockwaves last year when she said that, given the current climate, she would no...
04/11/2016
Schools in most states skimp on phys ed classes Many state guidelines are minimal, and some let schools cancel gym class to punish kids
04/11/2016
Creative, fun and engaging learning! Cheers to every PE teacher daring to be different!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/howard-magazine/ph-mg-ho-howard-county-teachers-reimagine-gym-class-20160106-story.html
Howard County teachers reimagine gym class N ext month, it’s time for bobsledding at Trinity School in Ellicott City. And cross-country skiing and speedskating and curling.
04/06/2016
Towson University is consistently ranked in the top 100! Check out our graduate program for Physical Education teachers today: http://www.towson.edu/chp/departments/kinesiology/gradkinesiology/index.html
U.S. News and World ranks Towson as one of the top 100 Graduate Schools in Education “This ranking demonstrates our commitment to serve practicing educators and others who seek quality advanced degrees in the field of education,”
03/22/2016
Physical education teacher fills classes with her passion and up beat attitude The popularity of De Anza’s classes of yoga and pilates is largely due to the instructor, Nancy Evans. Evans has become a well-known figure in the department and is well liked by students. Her teac…