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 ...

Sharie Murray noticed the benefits of getting kids moving during the pandemic. The K-3 special education teacher and her colleagues at North Elementary School in Birch Run, Mich., started to use short ...

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 ...

The days of rolling the ball out and playing sports in PE are changing. With the advancement of technology and shift towards collaborative work in the classroom, physical education teachers are ...

Health and fitness play a vital role in the overall development of students, especially during early childhood. Nurturing the ...

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 ...

Prolonged sitting and low physical activity during the school day, including long and uninterrupted study sessions, is linked to students' poorer attention, slower processing and lower academic gains.

TRI-CITIES, TN (WJHL)- A recent Tennessee law meant to keep kids more active in school is causing confusion in districts across the state, including in the Tri-Cities. Starting this school year, ...