Donegal School District administrators will present school board members next month with options aimed at reinstating recess for fifth-grade students. Intermediate school principal Ross Hopple said ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASHUA — Following concerns from school officials about inadequate recess time, input will be sought from local teachers on how much free time is appropriate for upper elementary students. While there ...

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 ...

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 ...

GREENWICH — In the back of North Street School's field, a new civilization created and operated by fifth graders has been born: Happy People. Happy People is a society full of "happy huts" that the ...