Ohio bill would mandate daily recess for K-8, expand PE options for HS

Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would require daily recess for K-8 students and expand PE options for high school ...
Education Week

5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Class Activity Breaks

Physical activity breaks in the classroom can help ramp up student fitness and increase attention—or turn into a chaotic hassle that teachers work to avoid. Fewer than 9 percent of school-age children ...
USA Today

American kids got a D- in physical activity. What does that mean? What can we do about it?

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...
West Central Tribune

Willmar teachers learn how physical activity can help students in classroom

WILLMAR -- When school starts this fall, the children in Chelsea Brown's kindergarten class will find themselves sitting on stability balls instead of chairs. Brown had a few stability balls in her ...
La Crosse Tribune

GUEST VIEW: Let’s push power of physical activity

The health status of American youth is receiving a significant amount of attention. More of our kids are overweight and obese than ever before, in part because of a significant decline in physical ...

Oklahoma lawmaker proposes expanded PE requirements for students

Oklahoma state Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, has filed a bill to expand physical education requirements for students.