Senate Bill S6858 would require a minimum of 30 minutes of daily recess during the school day in any school where the day exceeds five hours, and it specifies that recess should be held outside ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey public schools would be required to offer some students a 20-minute recess under a bill passed by the Legislature. Recess allows younger students time to cultivate ...

Some Salem-Keizer elementary schools trimmed kindergarten recess this year to add time back to the classroom. Oregon school districts are required to have at least 405 instructional hours in ...

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 ...

Milford’s public schools restored early-morning recess for kindergarteners last week, reversing an unpopular attempt to replace the 15-minute break with more classroom time. The intention, said one of ...

Brookline kindergarten children need more play and recess than has been allowed in recent years, and the time to make some changes is now. Our School Committee and interim Superintendent Ben Lummis ...

I feel that parents of young children should be concerned that their children do not receive a recess after they have completed kindergarten. All research shows that children need a time when they can ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Young school students in New Jersey may soon be guaranteed 20 minutes a day of recess. The state Senate on Thursday passed a measure that will ensure students in kindergarten ...