Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. While doing so, the community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz has seen ...

A crying young girl at recess sent off alarms after confessing to her teacher that she had been inappropriately touched, physically abused and threatened with a knife by a man at her home. According ...

While more than 100 years of research support the importance of recess for students, the fact remains that many schools do not have a restorative break in their daily schedule. Earlier this year, the ...

An 8-year-old boy’s sudden tears before school left his mother searching for answers and what she learned centered on a part of the school day many children count on most: recess. In a popular Reddit ...