Gender gap in physical education

Gender gap in physical education

The gender gap in physical education: Urban girls are the have-nots of physical education (PE) in the United States, with 84% report having no PE classes at all in the 11th and 12th grades. Rural girls in the same grades are not far behind with 68% reporting no PE classes. Across the country, young low-income children both girls and boys are underserved with regard to school-based physical education. Generally more boys attend PE classes than girls, especially in urban and rural schools.

More parents in lower-income families indicated that girls were not getting similar support and resources in athletics as boys. Half of low-income parents agreed that their schools and communities were not meeting the needs of girls as much as those of boys compared with about one-third of middle- and upper-income parents. 

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