Ohio bill would mandate daily recess for K-8, expand PE options for HS

Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would require daily recess for K-8 students and expand PE options for high school ...

The Case for Ditching Hard Workouts and Playing Instead

“Repeating the same movements every session can lead to boredom and plateaus,” Mosca says. “Mixing in playful elements—like ...
Education Week

Getting Recess Right: A Researcher Shares Best Practices

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 ...
Education Week

Do Students Get Enough Recess? What Teachers Think

How much time do students spend at recess? The answer matters to anyone with a stake in children’s well-being. A strong body of evidence from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ...
Cleveland.com

Bay Village’s ‘Recess Go’ builds connections through play

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio - - Recess at Westerly Elementary School is looking a little different this year -- and it’s all for the better. A new initiative called “Recess Go” brings high school seniors ...