TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey public schools would be required to offer some students a 20-minute recess under a bill passed by the Legislature. Recess allows younger students time to cultivate ...

Florida legislators nixed part of a larger education bill that would have taken away the mandatory recess period. The provision, which has since been removed, would have allowed schools to break up ...

Patti Ghezzi, a former AJC education reporter, works in university communications. She has a keen interest in education issues as this column on the changing nature of kindergarten demonstrates. By ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Students in Virginia Beach will see a few big changes as they head back to school this year. The most exciting of those might be an increase in recess times. A new law ...

Finally the time came for recess with the other kindergarten class and the first graders, but not before another orderly line-up. There was no rushing the coat area or grabbing for balls. Some things ...

Zoe Scherer doesn’t play with the other kids during the kindergarten recess at Centennial Elementary School. She watches the other kids swing, slide and climb while she moves her motorized wheelchair ...

Some Salem-Keizer elementary schools trimmed kindergarten recess this year to add time back to the classroom. Oregon school districts are required to have at least 405 instructional hours in ...

Past ColumnsI heard a couple silly notions this week; one an adult's observation on the world of kids, and the second a kid's observation on the world of adults. They're funny in their own right, if ...

Milford’s public schools restored early-morning recess for kindergarteners last week, reversing an unpopular attempt to replace the 15-minute break with more classroom time. The intention, said one of ...

Brookline kindergarten children need more play and recess than has been allowed in recent years, and the time to make some changes is now. Our School Committee and interim Superintendent Ben Lummis ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Young school students in New Jersey may soon be guaranteed 20 minutes a day of recess. The state Senate on Thursday passed a measure that will ensure students in kindergarten ...