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Are your children enrolled in virtual learning? Try these at-home PE and recess ideas

ARLINGTON, Texas — Health and education experts worry children starting the school year at home aren’t getting the exercise they need. The CDC says kids in grades K-12 need a minimum of 20 minutes of ...
BMJ

Effects of physical education interventions on cognition and academic performance outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Experimental studies that assessed the effect of quantity-based (ie, increasing the amount of curriculum time allocated to PE) or quality-based (ie, ...
The Conversation

Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition

Simon Cooper receives funding from the Waterloo Foundation, Rosetrees Trust, Stoneygate Trust and Education Endowment Foundation. There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in ...