Improving kids’ bodies – and minds – by requiring recess
Originally published March 24, 2019 in the Rome News-Tribune. By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Kids love school recess: Kicking a soccer ball, clambering up a jungle gym, chasing each
Gym Class Is Dead—But Long Live Physical Education
Originally published Jan. 1, 2019 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. By Ingrid Johnson and Mike Ginicola, Principal Leadership Article Students emerge from the locker room in their
Let’s get physical — Why Penn should offer for-credit physical education classes
Originally published Nov. 1 in The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial At an academically competitive school like Penn, it isn’t hard to find a student whose most dreaded high school course was
Students Improve Longevity and Academic Readiness Through Exercise at an Elevated Heart Rate
Research Correlates Exercise at an Elevated Heart Rate to Benefits that Include Improved Cognitive Performance IHT designed the Spirit System to focus students on minutes of exercise at an elevated heart rate
Don’t skip the gym: PE important to learning, academic success
Originally published June 23, 2018 by WRVO Public Media. With the demand for schools to focus more on academics and less on gym class, many districts in the U.S. have
