UP ON OUR FEET
The American Sports Institute presents an ongoing series of interviews, discussions, reports, and other formats on transforming societal life everywhere by individuals and institutions adopting a less-sedentary and more physically-active way of life, especially as this relates to education, health, the environment, and the economy.
- Update frequency
- every 46 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Running Program and 23 Consecutive Years of the Highest Academic Test Scores in the School
Research shows that the more physically active students are, the better their academic performance. And for 23 consecutive years, students in teacher Pete Saccone's fifth-grade class at Meridian Elem…
Vanguard Finland — Integrating Physical Activity into Finnish Schools and Academic Classrooms
With research showing that the more physically active students are, the better their academic performance, health, and behavior, Finland is among the global leaders in integrating physical activity i…
Physical Activity in Finland — Schools and Society, Strengths and Concerns, Today and Tomorrow
A look at the status and engagement of physical activity in Finland, including in its schools, in society at large, and what the future holds, with Professor Timo Jaakkola of the Faculty of Sport and…
Physical Activity, Cognition, and Academic Achievement
How physical activity improves academic performance in schoolchildren, with Professor Charles Hillman, an internationally-recognized neuroscientist at Northeastern University in Boston.
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