While the benefits of physical activity among children has given rise to little, if any, debate, the benefits of midday playtime has. On one end of th...
Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.25.2012
Several parts of this documentary made me bristle with fury. I felt both protective of these helpless victims and angry that the adults in charge were mostly dismissive.
David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.21.2012
Up to a point, we professionals are quite right to note how hard getting to health can be through the obstacle course of the modern day -- for adults and children alike. But there is another story to tell about health, and it is fun. It's all about fun.
AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.04.2012
WASHINGTON -- The Constitution lets presidents make temporary appointments while the Senate is in recess but does not specify what a recess is or how ...
Posted 10.09.2011
The head of the Chicago Public Schools announced on a call-in radio program Monday night that he'd advocate for the return of mandatory recess at elem...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.30.2011
WASHINGTON -- Republicans in Congress have called out the Democrats for a fight over recess -- but there are few signs the Democrats are going to show...
Rae Pica | Posted 08.14.2011
Approximately 40 percent of the elementary schools in the U.S. have eliminated recess from the children's day. Here are seven contradictions to the belief that recess is frivolous.
Posted 07.24.2011
As has been said repeatedly in recent weeks and months, Chicago's public schools have the fewest instructional hours per school year of any major dist...
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 06.07.2011
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Tuesday she favors having all elementary school teachers consider moving their lunch from the end of...
Chicago Tribune | Pat Dunniga | Posted 05.25.2011
In the nearly five years since Lynn Morton helped begin an effort to restore recess to Chicago elementary schools, she says, she has never come across...
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Judging from the slew of searches for terms like "cartoon characters from the 80s," "Ren and Stimpy," and "Rugrats," it looks like the Facebook profil...
Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011
While I doubt that more play will singlehandedly "solve" the problem of bullying once and for all, it's an essential step. And it's not as hard as you might think.
Dave Hollander | Posted 05.25.2011
In the last two decades, children have lost an average of eight hours of free play a week. The American Academy of Pediatricians calls the decline of playtime "a national crisis."
Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011
Fall is upon us, and kids are heading back to school. Sadly, for too many children that means 7 hours a day with no free play. That's because more schools are slashing recess to make time for the "serious" classroom subjects.
David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
Rambunctiousness in children is normal. And it should be treated with recess, not Ritalin!
Cari Shane | Posted 11.17.2011
What happens at recess can negatively (or positively) affect a child as much or more than what happens in academic settings throughout the rest of the school day.
Mary Wittenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Combating childhood obesity is this generation's war, and it will require solutions at every level. This is a moment to move beyond the rhetoric, and truly get our kids moving -- and running.
Bill Lucey | Posted 05.25.2011
The recess appointment power is not unprecedented, and it's hardly rare. George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments, while Clinton made 139 appointments.
James S. Marks | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to improving the health of Americans, we normally talk about what happens in a doctor's office. And when it comes to improving educatio...
Darell Hammond | Posted 11.17.2011
Recess -- the one section of the school day that's reserved for child-directed, child-motivated unstructured play -- is slowly disappearing from our public schools.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.
Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 05.25.2011
Recess is an age-old tradition. You can still find kids enjoying the midday break from class at the Chicago area's most-affluent schools. But good luc...
Posted 05.11.2012