Before the COVID-19 pandemic imposed chaos on school scheduling early in 2020, a simmering issue involving the school day was the erosion of recess time. Recess periods began to shorten in the 1990s ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Triangle entrepreneur and thought leader Jes Averhart, CEO of Jes & Co and host of the “Reinvention Road Trip,” is a regular WRAL TechWire contributor who explores topics pertaining to ...

With student achievement levels a concern at some Yakima public schools, especially at those deemed by the state to be failing, some educators plan to cut back on recess to increase instructional time ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Amanda Lipham of Lakeland noticed her 5-year-old son seemed to have lost enthusiasm for school. She later learned he was only getting to go out for recess on Fridays, while ...

There are many ways school no longer resembles what it looked like before spring of 2020. Among them: Social distancing, masks and no communal toys or sharing of school supplies amid COVID-19. Which ...

The Toronto Star recently reported on a Ministry of Education memo it obtained that asks boards for input into a new regulation that "would provide school boards with the ability to structure their ...

Since 2017 state law has required k-5 students be allotted 20 consecutive minutes of unstructured free play each school day. But a small provision included in larger effort to reduce regulations on ...