Recess is an essential part of a child's school day that should never be taken away as punishment if a kid misbehaves or has poor academic performance, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Monday.

In Florida, kids in a second grade class were told to walk laps during recess after no one confessed to taking money from a classmate. In Kentucky, a first grader who hadn’t been paying attention in ...

We’ve all seen what happens when children don’t get their wiggles out: Grocery store meltdowns, classroom outbursts and many tears. We all know the solution is simple: Children need time to play. As ...

"OK, so I am the king. My rules are no swirlies, no spikes, and only the king can call story!” Does that sentence make sense to you? It’s a scene from the essential recess game of four square! But ...

For years, as standardized tests took on ever greater importance in Massachusetts public schools, recess seemed to pay the price, shrinking or even disappearing in some communities. But now, with an ...

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 ...