Michigan parents and a Metro Detroit lawmaker are pushing for bipartisan legislation to mandate minimum recess times at ...

A Tennessee bill requiring schools to set longer recess times for younger students is heading to the governor's desk after it passed the House unanimously on Tuesday ...

"The real value of recess is that it offers unstructured free play for children," said Wayne Blankenbiller, principal at McPhee Elementary School. "It is a respite from having your life organized for ...

Oklahoma elementary students will now get 40 minutes of recess daily after Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a new bill into law.

As the 2024-25 school year starts to enter into its final days, work is already underway to ensure students have essential tools for the classroom when they return in the fall. Grovecrest Elementary ...

First-graders at Allenstown Elementary School work with a giant parachute during gym class on the first day of class on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER Sign up for the Concord Monitor ...

Recess is a time full of imagination and wonder for elementary school students, and a new bill in New Hampshire seeks to expand it to middle school students. The bill, called "Say Yes to Recess," ...

As classes resume tomorrow after winter break, recess remains broken in public schools across New York City. Every minute of the school day counts, both inside and outside the classroom. However, ...

The recent decision by the Chicago Public Schools system to reinstate recess, effectively reversing years of optional recess policy (an option that was exercised less and less), is a step in the right ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Elementary school students across Tennessee could soon have more recess time, if a bill proposed by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald) passes the legislature. SB 1058 increases the ...