Commentary on “Engaging Students in Physical Education: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Physical Education Teachers in Urban Settings”

When developing the article “Engaging Students in Physical Education: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Physical Education Teachers in Urban Settings,” the authors aimed to identify themes across peer-reviewed articles that would be relevant to and actionable by JOPERD readers. By focusing on shared strategies, some context-specific insights that inform day-to-day programming may have been overlooked. The authors wanted to invite additional perspectives, and this article presents a commentary from two physical educators in urban settings. Although these teachers work in different urban districts in different states with different physical education standards and policies, they share many common experiences and challenges. As the reader will see, their approaches to strengthening physical education reflect the different kinds of community partnerships they have cultivated in the cities where they work.