The more we build these networks and enrich our stores of memory and experience, the easier it is to learn, because what we already know serves as a foundation for forming increasingly complex thoughts.

Students would be assessed on effort rather than skill. You didn’t have to be a natural athlete to do well in gym.

Exercise is not an instant cure, but you need to get your brain working again, and if you move your body your brain won’t have any choice.

One small but scientifically sound study from Japan found that jogging thirty minutes just two or three times a week for twelve weeks improved executive function. But it’s important to mix in some form of...

After a stressful event, we often crave comfort food. Our body is calling for more glucose and simple carbohydrates and fat… And in modern life, people tend to have fewer friends and less support, because...

The essence of physical education in Naperville 203 is teaching fitness instead of sports. The underlying philosophy is that if physical education class can be used to instruct kids how to monitor and maintain their...