by Greg Mihailovich | Dec 4, 2018 | News, Surveys & Reports
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...
by Alicia Johnson | Oct 16, 2017 | Advocacy
“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...
by Alicia Johnson | Jun 19, 2017 | Advocacy, News
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...
by Alicia Johnson | Jun 13, 2017 | Advocacy, News
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...