The authors reviewed several reports that express concern that US schools are reducing or eliminating recess periods in order to increase instructional time. The authors noted that the American ...

Having a daily recess break of at least 15 minutes is associated with better ratings by teachers of students’ classroom behavior, says an article published in the February issue of the journal ...

As kids head back to school this year, some parents are celebrating a victory in the battle to improve their children’s education. It isn’t better textbooks or an improved curriculum or even better ...

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behave better when they exercise, recent research suggests. Over the last few years, studies in animals ...

Tag, tetherball and playground power struggles may soon be a thing of the past at two more Allentown elementary schools. Administrators at Muhlenberg and Ritter schools in Allentown are considering ...

CINCINNATI -- Some local schools have flipped the traditional schedule of lunch followed by recess so that students can get their energy out on the playground before sitting down to eat. When students ...

Recess quality, not just the amount of time spent away from the classroom, plays a major role in whether children experience the full physical, mental and social-emotional benefits of recess, a new ...

Children who misbehave at school are often punished by having to stay inside at recess. But new research shows that giving children recess actually helps solve behavioral problems in class.

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- School children in third grade who receive more recess behave better and are likely to learn more, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...

Can a kickball game help transform the climate of a school? That playground activity and other informal “classic games,” such as four-square and tag, can promote student health, as well as improved ...