A new study reveals that school fitness tests have little impact on student attitudes to PE - contrary to polarised views on their merits - and for many students, fitness testing during PE may be ...

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On a hot August day at Copperview Elementary School, fourth graders are chasing balls and climbing ropes and spinning on playground equipment. The new school year is just a week old and the children ...

In an era of pressure to make sure Johnny and Alicia can read and do algebra, there’s just no comparable movement to assure they can be healthy and avoid obesity. More than two-thirds of the state’s ...

Student fitness rates at Connecticut public schools had been stable for over a decade. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020, they went into free fall. Four years later, they’re still ...

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 ...

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A tsunami of green and yellow rushed from the changing rooms into the hall, accompanied by the sound of squeaking trainers and teenage gossip. We all looked the same, thanks to our mandatory games kit ...