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 ...

Four Arizona fifth graders allegedly plotted to stab a classmate during recess — then stage his death as a suicide, a newly released police report claims. They allegedly agreed to "just end him" over ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Saying it will lead to healthier children more ready to learn, a House panel voted Monday to require all schools to offer at least 50 minutes of recess a day to those in kindergarten through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SynthEx via Shutterstock Middle schoolers fall into a liminal space where they aren't little kids anymore but also aren't rapidly ...

A proposal from state lawmakers would make a 30 minute recess mandatory for students up to fifth grade on any school day ...