A recently introduced state bill would require kindergarten through sixth-grade students in Wisconsin to get at least 60 minutes of recess every day. Under current law, “no more than 30 minutes per ...

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 ...

Advocates of "risky recess" say fewer restrictions on what elementary school kids can do when they go out to play is good for a child's development and should be a routine part of the school day.