Recess, and unstructured play, are essential for children’s development—both in building communication and leadership skills, ...

When children were organizing their own games of soccer and basketball, the games were apparently 'not inclusive, fair or fun ...

Allen Elementary School students play during recess. The school is one of three in Wichita that’s experimenting with a new approach to recess that eases up on rules and lets kids play more freely.

Not every state mandates that schoolchildren get recess. Not all states prohibit school officials from taking it away.

It was time to play. But don't call it recess. Brandywine School District is just one of at least two Delaware school districts looking to infuse more "structured play" back into its youngest ...

The bill would also require middle and high school students have at least 90 minutes of physical activity every school week.

Allen is one of three Wichita elementary schools experimenting with a new kind of recess that eases up on rules and lets kids play more freely. The approach, sometimes called “risky play ...