CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Want eager learners in the classrooms? First, get the kids moving.
That’s the message of a national nonprofit organization called PE4Life.
On Thursday, representatives from PE4Life talked to community leaders about getting more children involved in physical education besides those who play sports.
“For the first time in America, the generation of children in school today has a shorter life expectancy than their parents,” said Bradley County school board member Charlie Rose.
Added emphasis on fitness, he said, can reverse that expectancy and boost academic achievement, too.