No More Recess Means Student Learning Suffers | Care2 Causes
Remember school recess? That block of time reserved for nothing but play: jumping rope, shooting hoops, mastering the jungle gym, and hanging out with your friends on the blacktop?
Add recess to the list of activities today’s parents enjoyed when they were kids but today’s children are, in many cases, denied. Forty percent of elementary schools nationwide have either eliminated or cut back recess time, according to the American Association for the Child’s Right to Play. They attribute this largely to the No Child Left Behind act, which emphasizes testing scores.
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