The next time you watch your kid's gym class, you may not see students doing laps and playing dodgeball. Try juggling and geocaching instead. As the state moves to teach fitness and nutrition to a new ...

In many cities across the US, whether or not kids will return to school in the fall is a decision officials have yet to solidify. No school means a lot of things for parents, like setting up childcare ...

A revealing new study suggests that these disparate responses to memories of physical education classes are both common and consequential. How we felt during gym classes years or decades ago may shape ...

Walking into the gymnasium at California’s Sierra Vista Junior High School is like pole-vaulting into the future of physical education. The school’s main physical education space is filled with ...

It’s early in the school day, but third-graders in one of Jennifer Traficano’s physical-education classes are already wiped out. They’ve spent 30 minutes doing jumping jacks, scissor kicks and ski ...

A new study found that children who were bullied during P.E. class or other physical activities were less likely to participate in physical activity one year later. Overweight or obese children who ...