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

So there's a longstanding debate about whether middle schoolers should have recess like they did in elementary school or whether they should, instead, be treated more like high schoolers.

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

West Liberty-Salem Schools Superintendent Kraig Hissong said a middle school student was flown for further evaluation “out of an abundance of caution” after being injured during recess.

District officials said the girl was walking to recess shortly after lunch when she was hit at Washington Middle School. “Preliminarily, we believe the vehicle was rolling backwards, the driver ...

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?

Elementary school students across Tennessee could soon have more recess time, if a bill proposed ... physical activity for middle schoolers and high schoolers would not be changed, at 90 minutes ...

Seattle Public Schools (SPS) confirmed one of its students was struck and killed while walking to recess around 12:30 p.m. The student was on the sidewalk at the time, according to police.

SEATTLE (KOMO) - Parents and neighbors rushed to a Seattle school Thursday after hearing a 12-year-old student died in a crash at the campus. District officials said the girl was walking to recess ...