Tennessee lawmakers recently passed a law to provide more recess time for K-5 students. (Photo: Getty Images) As a former Metro Nashville Public School teacher, I know firsthand what it is like when ...

A mom who wished to be left anonymous recently went to her daughter’s Maryland elementary school to ask why the children aren’t allowed to play tag, or even close their eyes, at recess. “We’d recently ...

Tennessee prides itself on delivering a quality educational experience for its nearly 1 million students, but we are falling far behind in one critical area – recess. Our state mandates just 15 ...

The Toronto Star recently reported on a Ministry of Education memo it obtained that asks boards for input into a new regulation that "would provide school boards with the ability to structure their ...

The playground at the Ballantyne Bowl has slides, climbing ropes and lots of other playground equipment. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, 9-year-old Christian Glynn and his 4-year-old brother ...

No more free play: That’s the order at Bourke Street Public School at New South Wales, Australia. The reason? When children were organizing their own games of soccer and basketball, the games were ...

Advocates push for better, fairer recess access as play time varies by race, income, and school. Local advocates traveled to Albany to support a bill expanding access to daily recess. Though Rochester ...

The work was done in support of the nonprofit Grow Healthy Kids. Volunteers packed the kits with soccer balls, cones, jump ropes, and more for recess. The kits will be used to help public school ...

Playworks is the leading nonprofit in Utah aiming to transform children's prosocial skills and physical and mental well-being by leveraging the power of play. Desi Arends, Executive Director at ...