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Lafayette Elementary School has a newly renovated playground, access to a nearby park and athletic field, and roughly 900 energetic young students. So why have kids been cooped up inside during recess ...

Recess isn't just a fun break for grade schoolers. It's crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the ...

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This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or switch to virtual learning. Even more schools ...

It was a sunny and brisk autumn day, perfect for a playground game of basketball or a swing on the monkey bars. In normal times, teacher Mischa Dorr's energetic second-graders would have been doing ...

Recess is a true gathering place for Houston families; a place to play, eat, connect and find a little more balance in the day.

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. At about 10 am local time on school playgrounds across the United States, ...