Before the COVID-19 pandemic imposed chaos on school scheduling early in 2020, a simmering issue involving the school day was the erosion of recess time. Recess periods began to shorten in the 1990s ...

Editor’s note: Triangle entrepreneur and thought leader Jes Averhart, CEO of Jes & Co and host of the “Reinvention Road Trip,” is a regular WRAL TechWire contributor who explores topics pertaining to ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Amanda Lipham of Lakeland noticed her 5-year-old son seemed to have lost enthusiasm for school. She later learned he was only getting to go out for recess on Fridays, while ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Returning to school involves a lot of variables during the pandemic. Between shifting schedules, cohorts, and hybrid learning models- there's a lot of changes parents, teachers, and ...

Since 2017 state law has required k-5 students be allotted 20 consecutive minutes of unstructured free play each school day. But a small provision included in larger effort to reduce regulations on ...

Is it a good idea to trade literacy and math time to give elementary students more time to play? Virginia Beach City schools–urged on by parents–decided to go for it, hiking the amount of recess the ...