Report%3A School is the best place for kids to be physically active because they spend so many hours there Elementary school children should spend at least 30 minutes a day in PE class Middle ...

William Potter, president of the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, teaches cross-curricular lessons in math, literature and science in his elementary ...

Summer is over, the days are getting shorter and colder temperatures will soon take hold across much of the country. For parents and teachers caring for children in early grades, that means going ...

Physical education provides kids with more than just exercise, which is why activities like marching band and even team sports are, in my view, a poor substitute.

Physical education should be on equal footing with academic classes. ... Last month, the federal government updated its recommendations for physical activity for the first time in 10 years.

Virginia Beach’s elementary school students generally receive at least 45 minutes of physical activity each day – 30 in physical education and 15 in recess activity.

Jackson Elementary School has earned the “Bolstering Physical Education and Activity” award for its dedication to increasing student and staff health. The award from the Alliance for a Healthier ...

U-46 elementary school students would go from having one physical education class a week to two and kindergarten students from two classes to three under a proposed state waiver request.

Students at Gilcrest Elementary School don’t go a day without physical activity. Weekly 45-minute physical education classes are not sufficient to engage the students’ bodies and minds. Physical ...

Liberty Elementary School fourth-graders, including Mackenzie Hanika, left, do exercises based on numbers they rolled on dice, during a physical education class taught at the Sioux City school by ...