The school recess debate

At some schools, recess--long seen as a way for children to develop social competence, recharge after long lessons, and resist obesity—is being rethought and pared down. In the face of this, a national campaign called Rescuing Recess has taken hold at many schools where parents and children fear that recess will go the way of the one-room schoolhouse.

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