"OK, so I am the king. My rules are no swirlies, no spikes, and only the king can call story!” Does that sentence make sense to you? It’s a scene from the essential recess game of four square! But ...

Kids of all ages need regular breaks from the classroom. Common sense tells us this, and research confirms it. But in many school districts nationwide, recess is losing its place as an integral part ...

Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. While doing so, the community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz has seen ...

Recess is a lot like school lunch: Some kids get lasagna with an organic green salad, some get a burrito out of a box, and some do without. Like lunch, who gets recess—and who gets good recess—is ...

MIDDLETOWN — After an agreement with the Middletown Public Schools teachers union was reached, the standard recess period, which split recreation time during the pandemic into two 10-minute sessions, ...

Florida parents seeking more recess time for their children suffered a setback Tuesday, when state lawmakers significantly watered down a proposal that was supposed to require 20 minutes of daily ...

Congressional Republicans plan to use the next four weeks away from Washington making a public case for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code, an ambitious legislative undertaking they hope will heal ...