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Need To Know | A physical education | PBS

Duration: 08:28
Program: Need to Know #140
Broadcast Date: Feb. 11, 2011

In the Chicago suburbs, Neperville Central High School has embraced a culture of fitness: PE is a daily, graded requirement. And for some students, there's an innovative program to schedule PE right before their most challenging classes. In the six years since that program started, students who signed up for PE directly before English and math have performed better.

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Post Date: February 9, 2011