The benefits of physical activity for children are enormous. As researchers of physical education (PE)—and ex-PE teachers—we ...

The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that PE become a core subject. The ...

Our schools have a great opportunity to decrease weight-based discrimination, prevent eating disorders, and create more inclusive learning environments.

Academics in Australia at the University of Queensland have launched a three-year research project that will examine the impact of using digital health tools in physical education programs with kids.

The middle-schoolers who find themselves on skis for their first time may take to heart the words of their P.E. teacher, DeWayne Combs: “Ski fast. Take chances.” While Combs doesn’t endorse ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

Join our winning team by becoming a part of one of the best and most highly regarded physical education programs in the nation. Always dreamed of educating students but in an active way? At Cortland, ...