COLUMBUS, Ohio — High school students who play club sports and other athletics outside of school may soon be able to skip physical education class under a proposal at the Ohio Statehouse. House Bill ...

Studies suggest that physical education curricula can provide health benefits to students, and the Institute of Medicine even recommends schools provide at least 60 minutes a day of ...

The M.A. in Adapted Physical Education is a 36-credit program designed to equip physical education teachers with the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality adapted physical education for ...

At the beginning of the school year, Mallory Stiff had no idea how to ride a skateboard. But after recently taking a course that included a skateboarding unit at Minnesota State University, she’s not ...

Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health outcomes across the life span. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among ...

This week’s “question-of-the-week” is: What is the single most effective instructional strategy you have used when teaching physical education? This post “wraps up” a longer series of questions and ...