Lafayette Elementary School has a newly renovated playground, access to a nearby park and athletic field, and roughly 900 energetic young students. So why have kids been cooped up inside during recess ...

The Toronto Star recently reported on a Ministry of Education memo it obtained that asks boards for input into a new regulation that "would provide school boards with the ability to structure their ...

Parents in DeKalb County are advocating for longer recess times for their children, expressing frustration at some schools reducing recess to the 15-minute minimum. During a school board meeting in ...

How much recess do kids need? And how much do they get? Ask most parents, educators, and healthcare professionals; they will tell you children need far more recess time than they receive. The numbers ...

BEND, Ore., (KTVZ) – Ask elementary school kids what they love about school, and you’ll likely hear a number of them enthusiastically shout, “Recess!” But even with a much-welcomed break from the ...

Advocates push for better, fairer recess access as play time varies by race, income, and school. Local advocates traveled to Albany to support a bill expanding access to daily recess. Though Rochester ...

A recently introduced state bill would require kindergarten through sixth-grade students in Wisconsin to get at least 60 ...