Spending more time on test prep at the expense of recess actually harms students’ cognitive development and academic ...

A variety of education legislation survived this week's deadline, including measures that are top-of-mind for House and ...

Not every state mandates that schoolchildren get recess. Not all states prohibit school officials from taking it away.

Some educators are also worried how they would manage required recess time at middle and high schools. “They’re going, ‘Who is going to supervise these kids, and where are they going to go?

“I taught middle school social studies when I became a teacher back in 2012. It was a shock to me how much we don’t focus on recess for kids.” When voters elected him into office in ...