Walk, Bike, and Roll Education for all Students K-12 in California
All schools in California teach K-12 students the life long skills of how to walk, bike, and roll safely.
Change California's educational standards, frameworks, and curriculums for physical education (and perhaps also science, health, social studies, and civics) so that all students in California learn how to walk, bike, and roll safely and why this is important.
The future of our kids is in the balance.
Walking, Biking, and Rolling help Save Lives, Reduce Injuries, Reduce Pollution, Reduce Climate Change, Reduce Diabetes, Improve Mental Health, Improve Physical Health, Build Community, and Save Money all at the same time while getting our kids where they need to go.
We are a group of community leaders and organizations working to add walk, bike, and roll education to the K-12 public school curriculum in California.
This is a next step beyond Safe Routes to School so that all schools (not just some) teach kids how to safely walk, bike, or roll to wherever our students need to go. Currently most Safe Routes to School programs are optional after school or extra curricular activities. We believe safe walking, biking and rolling should be taught as core life long skills to every student starting in kindergarten and continuing progressively through high school.
The walk/bike/roll curriculum would be woven into California educational standards, frameworks, and curriculums with elements in science, social studies, civic engagement, health, and especially physical education. This may be accomplished either by legislative mandate or by securing funding and convincing California's educational professionals to add it in upcoming revisions of California's education standards, frameworks, and curriculums.