Please use the references below from SHAPE America and other legitimate resources! Physical education constantly needs to be advocated for!

101 Tips for New P.E. Teachers

Total Benefits of Physical Education: More Than Just Physical Activity

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) in Healthy, Overweight and Obese Adolescents

Appropriate And Inappropriate Uses Of Fitness Testing

Appropriate Instructional Practice Guidelines K-12

Dodgeball Is Not An Appropriate Physical Activity In Physical Education

Physical Education Is An Academic Subject

Physical Education Is Essential For All Students

Physical Education Program Checklist

Recess Policy

Physical Education National Outcomes Compared with CASEL Social and Emotional Learning Core Competencies

The Essential Components of Physical Education

Top 10 Reasons for Quality Physical Education

Standards Based Student Progress Report

COVID Pandemic: Reopen schools with a 'golden age of play'

A Longitudinal Examination of the Link Between Youth Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement

A Review of Acute Physical Activity Effects on Brain and Cognition in Children

Active Education: Growing Evidence on Physical Activity and Academic Performance

Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Performance Among Schoolchildren

​​Before-School Running/Walking club: Effects on Student On-Task Behavior

Beneficial Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function in Adolescents

Boost your Brain, While Having a Break! The Effects of Long-Term Cognitively Engaging Physical Activity Breaks on Children’s Executive Functions...

Brief Aerobic Exercise Immediately Enhances Visual Attentional Control and Perceptual Speed

​​Effect of Classroom-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Academic and Physical Activity Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Health and Academic Achievement

Healthy and Ready to Learn

​Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students — United States, 2015 (CDC)

​High-Intensity Training Enhances Executive Function in Children in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Independent and Combined Influence of the Components of Physical Fitness on Academic Performance in Youth

Insights on the Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance

​Is There a Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement? Positive Results from Public School Children in the Northeastern United States

​Justifying Physical Education Based on Neuroscience Evidence

Muscular and Aerobic Fitness, Working Memory, and Academic Achievement in Children

Physically Active Lessons in School and their Impact on Physical Activity, Educational, Health and Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Physical Activity and Performance at School: A Systematic Review of the Literature Including a Methodological Quality Assessment

​​Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review

Physical Activity, Health-Related Fitness, and Classroom Behavior in Children: A Discriminant Function Analysis

​Physical Activity Promotes Academic Achievement and a Healthy Lifestyle when Incorporated into Early Childhood Education

​Physical Education, School Physical Activity, School Sports and Academic Performance

​Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Third- and Fifth-Grade Students

​Relationships of Physical Activity to Brain Health and the Academic Performance of Schoolchildren

​The Association Between Aerobic fitness and Language Processing in Children: Implications for Academic Achievement

​​The Effect of Physical Activity on Sleep Quality, Well-Being, and Affect in Academic Stress Periods.

​The Effect of Physical Activity Interventions on Children's Cognition and Metacognition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Influence of Daily Structured Physical Activity on Academic Progress of Elementary Students with Intellectual Disabilities

White Matter Microstructure Mediates the Association Between Physical Fitness and Cognition in Healthy, Young Adults

​​Whole Brain Volumetric Approach in Overweight/Obese Children: Examining the Association with Different Physical Fitness Components and Academic Performance