ATLANTA -- A bill in the legislature would bring back recess to elementary schools in Georgia. Recess still exists but only sporadically. As schools have become more rigorous and more test score and ...

A bill is making its way through the Oklahoma legislature that would require school districts to allow 30 minutes of recess for children between pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, a lawmaker told ...

Middle schoolers fall into a liminal space where they aren't little kids anymore but also aren't rapidly approaching adulthood as older teens are. They have different needs, energy, and attention ...

BROOKFIELD — When students at Candlewood Lake Elementary School began their new school year Tuesday, some may have noticed a change in their recess period. Some students now have two, 10-minute recess ...

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- New Jersey passed a new law requiring schools to give students at least 20 minutes of recess a day. The measure impacts children between kindergarten and fifth grade. It also ...

* Arnold Recess: Each grade level decides its own plan. Generally, kindergarten and first grade get a midmorning and midafternoon break, second through fifth grades get a 20-minute lunch-time recess ...