Jumping Jacks, Lunges and Squats — and Better Test Scores

When Kusum Sinha, the superintendent of Garden City Public Schools in New York, took a trip this summer to Finland, Estonia ...
Psychology Today

Brain Health and Mental Capacity Depend on Physical Activity

Physical activity, thinking skills, and emotional regulation are evolutionarily intertwined, yet an "evolutionary bug" makes us lazy. Explore the links and learn how to fight back.
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Physical education is important for academic success—here's how it benefits kids' cognition

This is concerning, given how important PE and physical activity are not only for children's physical ... for kids' brains—including for their concentration and learning in the classroom. For instance ...
Science Daily

Physical activity can promote learning and wellbeing at secondary school

A study suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their inactive peers. Regular leisure-time physical ...

Classroom Champions: North Charleston gym teacher hopes to enhance safety

One elementary gym teacher in North Charleston wants to introduce his students to more activities, but wants to make sure ...
BMJ

Transform-Us! cluster RCT: 18-month and 30-month effects on children’s physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk markers

Objective To test the efficacy of the Transform-Us! school- and home-based intervention on children’s physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and cardiometabolic risk factor profiles. Methods ...