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**More Than Just Physical: PE and Cognitive Performance** 06 2001  **by Jerry Gabriel**     Like other peripheral courses of study, physical education has recently fallen prey in many school systems to the assessment juggernaut. Under pressure to improve test scores, some schools�particularly those strapped for cash�have had to throw their energy and resources into the sciences, math, and reading, leaving high and dry more �extra-curricular� subjects like the arts, woodshop, and physical education, or P.E. Some schools are even eliminating recess. Proponents of P.E., though, have taken their case to Congress. The PEP Bill, sponsored by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), if approved, would initially mandate $5 million for physical education in U.S. schools and may make as much as $400 million available over the next five years. And aside from the importance of physical health, proponents may have one other factor in their favor: a growing body of research suggesting that physical activity is integral to keeping cognitive processes working on all valves.

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