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Zach Carter

LAZY CONGRESS

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Public approval for Congress remains near an all-time low, but lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives aren't doing much about it...

Children Need Recess -- and Schools Need Help

Claire McCarthy, M.D. | Posted 03.04.2013 | Parents
Claire McCarthy, M.D.

Lots of times, when I ask my patients what they think is the best part of school, they say, "recess." They may be on to something.

I Feel Like a Kid Again

Zachary Stevens | Posted 02.17.2013 | Home
Zachary Stevens

I guess the countless years of adults saying, "Don't wish to be older, be your age" finally clicks once you hit your twenties and bills start showing up in your name.

Soul Seasoning

Kenya (Robinson) | Posted 01.30.2013 | Arts
Kenya (Robinson)

E'rybody in the Othered Art World is harrumphing over the review of "Now Dig This" in the New York Times.

Boys Flying High: Why Adults Should Play

Bob Brody | Posted 11.21.2012 | New York
Bob Brody

Play could turn out to be powerful therapy. It might even be exactly the kind of health care reform the doctor ordered.

Michael McAuliff

House Dems: 'Fired Up, Ready To Stay'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.21.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Complaining that Congress is going on its election break at the earliest point in decades, Democrats in the House Friday challenged thei...

Syracuse Elementary Schools Get Rid Of Recess

Posted 09.10.2012 | Home

For Syracuse’s elementary school students, recess will no longer be part of the daily agenda, as the district’s master schedule for the new year m...

Green the Back to School Blues

Jackie Ostfeld | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Jackie Ostfeld

Today's kids are growing up in an environment very different from that of the generations preceding them. Children are really overdosing on the indoors.

Why Every Student Needs a Playground to Succeed

Darell Hammond | Posted 10.06.2012 | Home
Darell Hammond

An elementary school without a playground? It seems unfathomable, but it is the sad reality for a surprising number of schools today.

Recess Helps African American, Latino Students Perform In Class, Study Says

Posted 05.11.2012 | Black Voices

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...

Middle School, Bully and What We Should Do Now

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 06.25.2012 | Parents
Barbara Greenberg

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.

A New Kind Of Epidemic: FUN!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 06.21.2012 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

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.

What Is A Recess?

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Constitution lets presidents make temporary appointments while the Senate is in recess but does not specify what a recess is or how ...

Schools CEO Says Recess Will Be Mandatory In 2012

Posted 10.09.2011 | Chicago

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...

Michael McAuliff

Dems Duck Recess Fight With GOP As Elizabeth Warren Dangles

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.30.2011 | Politics

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...

Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic...and Recess

Rae Pica | Posted 08.14.2011 | Home
Rae Pica

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.

New Guidelines Encourage Schools To Bring Back Recess

Posted 07.24.2011 | Chicago

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...

After 38 Years, Is Recess Coming Back To Chicago Schools?

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 06.07.2011 | Chicago

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Tuesday she favors having all elementary school teachers consider moving their lunch from the end of...

Chicago Group Wages Grassroots Fight To Bring Back Recess

Chicago Tribune | Pat Dunniga | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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...

Cartoons From The 80s, 90s Take Over Facebook Profile Pictures

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

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...

Is Bullying Getting Worse? Four Preventative Actions for Parents & Schools

Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Darell Hammond

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.

Somebody Come and Play

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Dave Hollander

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."

Don't Let Recess Die! Six Ways to Save Recess at Your Child's School

Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Darell Hammond

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.

Attention Deficit Disorder: Ritalin Or Recess?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

Rambunctiousness in children is normal. And it should be treated with recess, not Ritalin!

Rethinking Recess, Part I

Cari Shane | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Cari Shane

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.