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U.S. News & World Report

By Nancy Shute

March 9, 2009

Play Author Stuart Brown: Why Playtime Matters to Kids’ Health and Brains ›

Who has time to play these days? Life is pretty darned serious. But play is essential for both kids and grown-ups to stay healthy, creative, and productive…

The New York Times

By Tara Parker-Pope

February 23, 2009

The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess ›

The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it. New research suggests that play and down time may be as important to a child’s academic experience as reading, science and math…

Education Week

By Sean Cavanagh

January 30, 2009

Recess, Behavior and Learning ›

Can a kickball game help transform the climate of a school? That playground activity and other informal “classic games,” such as four-square and tag, can promote student health, as well as improved classroom behavior and learning, some health advocates say.

San Francisco Chronicle

By Jill Tucker

January 26, 2009

In Richmond, kids getting lesson in play ›

The sound of laughing children playing tag or hide-and-seek isn't often heard on the streets of Richmond's notorious Iron Triangle. Gunshots are too common, producing an unexpected casualty: Some kids have forgotten how to play.

HealthDay and The Washington Post

By Amanda Gardner

January 26, 2009

Recess Makes for Better Students ›

As a pediatric resident in a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Romina M. Barros sat in on a regular first-grade class at a local elementary school. Classes started at 8:30 in the morning, lasting till noon, with one 10-minute break during which children were not allowed to talk or move from their chairs.

December 10, 2008

Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously ›

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Principal Magazine

By Jill Vialet

November 12, 2008

The Elephant on the Playground ›

Ask any elementary school principal what the toughest part of the day is, and most will answer with one word: recess. That’s because recess is when most trouble starts.

September 17, 2008

Tag, You’re Healthy! ›

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Washington Post

By Bill Turque

September 17, 2008

The Recess Regimen ›

Brearn Wright Jr. remembers recess during his first year as principal of Clark Elementary School in Petworth as "like a MASH unit." "Recess time was the time the school nurse dreaded, because she knew she'd have so many kids waiting in the lobby" to be treated for injuries from fighting or falling, Wright said.

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