Local Lawmakers Push to Boost Recess, P.E. In Elementary Schools
Originally published March 8, 2018 by WAMU 88.5, American University.
By Kathy Goldgeier and Jonathan Wilson
Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland are looking at ways to expand recess and physical education in elementary schools amid growing concern that kids don’t get enough exercise.
“It’s really staggering how out of a shape a lot of the kids are,” said Matt Slatkin, a P.E. teacher at Newport Mill Middle School in Kensington, describing his sixth-grade students. “I’m talking mile runs above 18 minutes — when they’re giving their best effort.”
