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, ...

As schools tout the importance of exercise in an era of childhood obesity, a California parent and his lawyer have agreed to a settlement with dozens of districts across California that will force ...

Spot quiz: What is the only subject in school that engages a child’s mind, body, and spirit, promotes their physical and emotional health, helps them to learn better and cultivates the character they ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The majority of jurisdictions in Maryland set aside fewer than 90 minutes per week for physical education. But for the past eight years, legislation introduced to require a ...

ONE who has traced the course of educational thought in this country during the last quarter century cannot but have seen that the spirit of the old adage, mens sana in corpore sano, has come to have ...

1 Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 3 Hunter Medical Research ...