Presidential Fitness Test returns to elementary and high schools due to executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

The yearly scholastic fitness test may help to combat the rising childhood obesity rate—but only if schools (and the government) make some changes.

Gym class could become less traumatizing for some K-12 students under a new national initiative announced today. If you’re like me, you remember having to endure the Presidential Physical Fitness Test ...

President Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, a controversial relic of the Cold War era that former President Obama abandoned in 2012. The ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the Presidential Fitness Test on July 31. The program, which includes completing a series of physical challenges, was first introduced in ...

School starts up this week for some districts in our region, others started last week – before Labor Day! For some students, gym classes may include a surprising throwback: The Presidential Fitness ...

While Drollette acknowledges that the main focus of schools is academics — not movement — the practice of shortening recess and physical education, he says ... as reinstating the Presidential Fitness ...

A physical education program that brings commercial-grade fitness equipment to under-resourced schools, along with a curriculum based on boosting confidence and making participation more enjoyable, ...

Remember that test you had to take in fifth grade, when you stretched your legs under a table and your arms over it, reaching as far as possible? Yeah, kids are still doing a version of that. It’s ...

Is physical education outdated at high school or is it still relevant and needed? Studies show that people who participate in ...

GREENWICH — Greenwich Public Schools has beaten the state average on the Connecticut's fitness assessment by 27 percentage points. The Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment is administered every ...