Poll: Public supports mandatory physical education

The Boston Globe
June 9, 2011

Boston public schools yesterday announced a plan to ramp up physical education, hiring more staff and offering gym classes in at least 12 schools that now have none.

State law requires that students are offered physical education. But because it does not stipulate how much, many students get none at all. The Boston Foundation is hoping to close that loophole, and the group says there's broad public support for the effort...

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