When I noticed my 12-year-old son was spending about seven hours a day doing his school work online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I immediately became concerned. As a researcher who focuses on how to ...
MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — As kids, PE might have been considered a time to step away from the books and take a break from learning, but we were really trading one classroom for another. Yet, the lessons ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Health and education experts worry children starting the school year at home aren’t getting the exercise they need. The CDC says kids in grades K-12 need a minimum of 20 minutes of ...
Simon Cooper receives funding from the Waterloo Foundation, Rosetrees Trust, Stoneygate Trust and Education Endowment Foundation. There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - According to a new nationwide survey of elementary school principals, kids are more likely to get the recommended amount of recess and physical education if they live in ...
Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children, according to a study published in Obesity. From 2011 to 2018, ...
It’s almost time for gym class, and my fifth-grader can’t find her tennis ball. “Adrienne, did you take it?” she demands of her younger sister, who swears she didn’t (although she probably did). “How ...
College of Education Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Physical Education, University of South Carolina When I noticed my 12-year-old son was spending about seven hours a day ...