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 ...

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

Sen. Ron Young (D-Frederick) emphasized to a panel of Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday the need for legislation requiring the state’s public elementary schools to set aside at least two-and-a-half hours ...

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 ...

A Missouri bill would require all public school students to participate in at least 60 minutes of physical education or ...

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 ...

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Lydia Hassebroek looks out at the view from her window, during her first week of home school after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order closing New York public schools ...

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, ...