Trump Reinstates Physical Fitness Awards
The revived exam uses 1985 standards by age and sex, and 161 military-installation schools have made it mandatory, the Associated Press reported.
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Trump reinstates physical fitness awards
President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Award, bringing back another portion of the physical fitness tests millions of Americans completed − or, suffered through − during their school years.
Trump reinstates fitness awards
President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Award, bringing back another portion of the physical fitness tests millions of Americans completed − or, suffered through − during their school years.
What to Know About Trump’s Presidential Fitness Test Award Revival
In the coming academic year, old-fashioned calisthenics, timed runs, and the spirit of competition could return to many public schools. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Awards, which date to the mid-20th century but ended under President Barack Obama’s administration. The May 5 White House action is a follow-up to the July executive order re-establishing the President’s Council on Sp…
Trump replaces Obama-era fitness program, restores Presidential Physical Fitness Test in schools
President Trump stood in the Oval Office on Tuesday, flanked by schoolchildren and professional athletes, and announced the return of something millions of American adults remember from gym class: the Presidential Fitness Test Award. The move formally replaces the Obama-era Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which scrapped the original test in 2013 in favor of a...
The return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award likely won’t improve children’s health, experts say
Researchers say that President Donald Trump’s resurrection of widely maligned fitness testing in schools is “half-baked” and unlikely to move the needle on youth physical activity alone
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