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, ...

School districts vary widely in the amount of physical education they offer in the curriculum, so it's especially important for parents to encourage physical activity and model good behavior. Try to ...

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 ...

Students across the province are now back in class for another school year, and many kindergarten to Grade 8 students will be spending more time in the gym. An action plan for anglophone schools from ...

Chicago Public Schools said it will tap into $21.5 million in surplus tax increment financing funds to hire extra teachers for arts and daily physical education classes. Last week, the financially ...

SANTA CLARITA – California students will have to spend more time running track and doing sit-ups before they’ll ever make significant leaps in their overall physical fitness, according to test results ...

The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...