School recess

A non-profit that focuses on playtime at recess is growing in Utah. Organizers believe recess can be the key to a whole school's performance and atmosphere.

5 Free and Easy Ways to Bring Love Back to Your Recess!

Positive changes at recess go beyond the playground.

Elementary yearbooks chronicle the year students experience while attending their school. Items such as class pictures, individual profiles and faculty sections are common. But because elementary schools do not often have the wide range of extracurricular activities that a high school or college has, you need to be a ...

Jill Vialet, Founder and CEO of Playworks, presents research about the SEL benefits of school recess, and offers five steps toward improving school climate by improving what happens on the playground.

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Texas Christian University professor, Debbie Rhea, studied Finland's education system and brought back an interesting technique.

When the Common Core hit the public school system in 2009, education shifted from a whole-child approach to a more narrow focus centered around passing standardized tests. The goal, in part, was to maintain a certain standing with the Department of Education. As many schools opted to increase instruction time durin ...

Researchers found that a structured approach to managing recess led to less bullying and more time for learning.