Advocacy for Physical Education and Physical Activity

As part of our ongoing commitment to advocate for public health and quality physical education and physical activity programs, we’ve pulled together some of the best advocacy tools and listed them below.

If there’s anything that we’re missing please contact us and we’ll add to the list!

Tools for Educators

• Kids Need Physical Education – Even When They Can’t Get it at School (The Conversation)

• SHAPE America Advocacy Resources (SHAPE America)

• Advocacy Toolkit (SHAPE America)

• Legislative Action Center (SHAPE America)

• 2016 Shape of the Nation (SHAPE America)

• VIDEO No Excuses! A Documentary About Quality Physical Education (Support Real Teachers)

• VIDEO Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School (Institute of Medicine)

• Evidence-Based Physical Education (SPARK)

• Common Core Standards & Physical Education (SPARK)

• Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center (VoicesActionCenter.org)

• (VIDEO) Making the Most of Physical Education (Active Living Research)

• School Policies on Physical Education and Physical Activity: A Research Synthesis (Active Living Research)

• What Works to Get Kids Active (Active Living Research)

• The Role of Schools in Promoting Physical Activity (Active Living Research)

• Physical Activity School Score (PASS) Free web-based tool that assesses and increases awareness of evidence-based physical activity practices at elementary schools. (Active Living Research)