Shari Irion, an adaptive/adapted physical education teacher at Gilbert Unified School District was recently named Arizona's Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

A Tempe teacher was arrested Wednesday after allegedly having sexual relations with a student.

Tarwater Elementary School has a smorgasbord of activities in its P.E. classes that other schools may not: yoga, inline skating and rock climbing.

Students in elementary and middle or junior high schools should be required to have at least 90 minutes a week of physical education, a special legislative panel voted Wednesday.

For some East Valley kids, gym class will soon mean less sports and more sun salutations.

For some East Valley kids, gym class will soon mean less sports and more sun salutations.

Comics have lampooned grade-school physical education class — the rope climb being the most infamous subject — so much over the years it’s often hard to separate the dark humor from the hard facts.

Arizona's kindergarten teachers have less than a year to complete an early childhood education training requirement under current state law.

Two local physical education teachers said they always knew how important exercise can be for children, and how it can positively affect their retention of information and overall education.

Kindergarten teacher Jeni Royal almost didn’t participate in the weight-loss group at Fuller Elementary School in Tempe. She missed the first weigh-in, but the school’s P.E. coach, Bob Kohl, said he could make an exception.

Kindergarten teacher Jeni Royal almost didn’t participate in the weight-loss group at Fuller Elementary School in Tempe. She missed the first weigh-in, but the school’s P.E. coach, Bob Kohl, said he could make an exception.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Department is looking into an incident where a teacher is accused of hurting a student.

Next year's Gilbert district kindergartners will have less art, music and P.E. instruction, and their teachers will have less time with help from instructional assistants.

Scottsdale school board members, hoping to offset the need to lay off teachers and desperate to provide pay raises this year, may dip again into a "rainy day" savings account.

Gymnasiums across the Higley Unified School District are being sliced into sections by huge curtains cramping students who share the space for lunch, physical education, dance or drama class.