Schools that dedicate trained staff to support recess time see their students show up to school more regularly, according to ...

Imagine you’re six years old, trying your best at school: sitting still, keeping your hands to yourself, listening to your ...

Supportive lawmakers and advocates said legislation that would require all public schools offer recess through eighth grade ...

As we shake off the winter blues and welcome the sunshine and warmth of spring, let’s think back to our childhoods and how it felt to go outside for recess in April without a winter coat. Think of how ...

First-graders at Allenstown Elementary School work with a giant parachute during gym class on the first day of class on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER Sign up for the Concord Monitor ...

Before smartphones and screens, recess was a time of imagination, competition, and real human connection.

You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop.

New state laws are reshaping students’ school days. Whether or not students are of voting age, their day-to-day lives are ...