Campaign Updates
NYC Council passes three important bills to help students be physically active
The New York City Council unanimously passed three important pieces of legislation to help NYC students be physically active. These three reporting bills aim to address issues of accountability in how physical education and after-school athletics, including how...
NYC Council Releases Report on Physical Education in New York City Schools
The New York City Council released a report on data released by the NYC Department of Education for the 2017-2018 school year. According to the data, 24% or 214,077 of students in New York City Schools did not get the required amount of Physical Education in the...
NYC Council releases report on school overcrowding
The New York City Council released a report, Planning to Learn: The School Building Challenge, which provides a detailed analysis of the space challenges faced by New York City’s public school system and recommendations on how to address the ongoing problem of...
New Yorkers Share Their Stories: “We must fight so our kids have PE”
“We [parents] see that our schools are overpopulated, and so are the physical education classes. Even though the law says that our kids should have a certain number of hours of PE class they aren’t getting it. If we as parents don’t speak up about it, no one will do...
Department of Education Releases 2016-2017 PE Report
The Department of Education released new data on the quality and quantity of physical education during the 2016-2017 school year. The report can be downloaded as an Excel document or viewed through Open Data Portal. This is the second year of data released since the...
NYLPI Releases Report on State of Physical Education in New York City Public Schools
A new report by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), a member of the Phys Ed 4 All Coalition, analyzed data released by the NYC Department of Education for the 2015-2016 school year which reveals disparities and recommends strategies for improving the...
Why PE Matters for School Planning
Space is a key issue when it comes to providing effective physical education (PE). That’s why we recently celebrated new funding to build space at New York City schools that don’t have any for PE. But overcrowding remains a problem for many schools, and as the...
Coalition Applauds New York City’s Universal Physical Education Initiative
The Phys Ed 4 All Coalition (PE4All) applauds Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña for the city’s announced Universal Physical Education (PE) Initiative which will provide all schools with a designated space...
NYDN: PE for all city kids: Right now, thousands aren’t getting what the law requires — and their health demands
Physical education for all city kids: Right now, thousands aren't getting what the law requires — and their health demands. by Erin Leigh George and Amy Richards Wednesday, November 4, 2015 (Original Article) Rafaela Vivaldo’s son attends PS 19 in Corona, Queens, one...
Victory: Passage of Local Law 102 of 2015
Regular Public Reporting on PE Instruction in NYC Schools is Essential Efforts to improve physical education have been hampered by the DOE’s failure to make public, and in many instances even track, basic data. Parents, community members and advocates need to know...