Article on School Exercise Program in North Carolina

www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/feb/04/4/students-learn-to-read-anywhere-ar-1889919

North Carolina Elementary School Blends Exercise, Academics Students at a North Carolina elementary school are riding stationary bicycles while reading as part of an exercise-learning program intended to help improve students' health and academics. While limited data from similar programs show they can be successful -- in raising students' test scores and lowering their Body Mass Index -- few schools have adopted them. "It kind of opens their eyes that they can pull out a book and read anywhere," said fourth-grade teacher Katie Garcia.