CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released a new report, entitled The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance, on April 14, 2010. The report indicates that school-based physical activity may help improve students’ grades and test scores and positively affect other factors that influence academic achievement. The report also concludes that adding time during …

Let me begin by saying this is one of the VERY BEST articles that I've read on the topic of Obesity. Believe me I've read alot of them over the last 10 years and even served on a Statewide Childhood Obesity Committee for a year. In my opinion this article is a must read for physical activity, physical education, and nutrition advocates.


Unless America stops cheering The Biggest Loser and starts getting serious about preventing obesity,…

"Some shortsighted people thought that cutting back on time spent on physical education to spend more time drilling for tests would improve test scores," says Howell Wechsler, director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"But there are a lot of studies that show that more time for PE and other physical activity help improve academic performance."

He and colleagues …

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So what do principals do on their day off?

A work force of nearly 100 elementary principals came to Houston a day ahead of NAESP’s convention to participate in the second annual NAESP Community Service Day.

Landscape Structures served as the corporate sponsor for NAESP’s Community Service Day and donated $20,000 worth of playground materials for the project.