There was a time when after-school activities meant riding bikes, shooting hoops in the backyard or even a neighborhood game of hide-and-seek that went on until dusk. In today’s complex world, ...

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 ...

John Reid leaned down to guide Gilcrest Elementary School kindergarten students in a gym-class scooter relay race. There was a “traffic jam” among a few students using the small, wheeled scooters in ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — Taekwondo is part of physical education classes at Robertson Elementary School. "It's been really amazing to see them grow and develop and go from not liking phys ed to loving ...

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 ...

A national initiative aimed toward encouraging physical activity and curbing childhood obesity is gaining popularity in Colorado Springs and across the state. All Kids Bike, a program launched by the ...