Physical education classes lacking in schools

July 11, 2012
CDC survey finds less than half of students have gym classes in an average week

From The New York Times: Virtually every state has undertaken significant school reforms, many American students are being granted little or no time in the gym. In its biennial survey of high school students across the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly half said they had no physical education classes in an average week.

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