Physical Education
Read about the role PE classes in schools have in students’ learning and development
Student Well-Being & Movement
Northern Exposure
A PE teacher makes use of Alaska's snowy, subzero climate.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Do Your Omwork
Efforts to balance academics with yoga and old-fashioned play.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Aerobic Instruction
Weaving physical education into the daily routine.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Recipes for Life
Students in Eagle Pass, Texas, go to summer camp to learn how to eat better, play harder, and make smarter decisions about their health.
Curriculum
Let’s Get Virtual
With gym time getting squeezed out by standardized tests and extracurriculars, schools are beginning to digitize physical ed.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Protest Grows Over North Carolina Eye-Exam Policy
It seemed like a good idea when it was signed into law last fall: All North Carolina children must have an eye exam before entering kindergarten.
But with the policy scheduled to go into effect at the beginning of the 2006-07 school year, school officials, doctors, and parents are stepping up their protests against the exams, which they call onerous and expensive for families.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Dance Video Games Hit the Floor in Schools
More students are shaking their booties—and getting fit—in school with the help of the video game series Dance Dance Revolution and similar games.
Teaching
Range of Motion
To counter obesity and other health problems, disabled students in Alaska are given extra attention to stay physically fit.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Unfit to Learn
A professor of health education writes that schools have an important—perhaps critical—stake in children’s health if they want to achieve academic goals.
Student Well-Being & Movement
N.Y.C. Renews Physical Education Efforts
At a time when many schools are making large cuts to physical education to make more time for academic priorities, the largest school district in the nation has embarked on an ambitious plan to rebuild its physical education program.
Special Education
Moving in a Special Direction
An Alaskan district puts a heavy emphasis on meeting the physical education needs of students with disabilities.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Explainer
Student Health
Today's schools are being asked to take a much more active role in promoting students' physical well-being.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Explainer
Student Health
Today's schools are being asked to take a much more active role in promoting students' physical well-being.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Physical Education Group Targets Childhood Obesity
An advocacy group for physical education released a blueprint last week for tackling the problem of childhood obesity, which a new study suggests is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among young Americans.