/tags/recess recess en-US Copyright Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:00:00 GMT /education/2016-01-26/dallas-school-board-this-week-will-consider-making-recess-mandatory The Dallas Independent School Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to make recess mandatory for all elementary students. That got us… Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:00:00 GMT /education/2016-01-26/dallas-school-board-this-week-will-consider-making-recess-mandatory Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /2016-01-03/turns-out-monkey-bars-and-kickball-might-be-good-for-the-brain Research shows that, like adults, kids benefit from frequent breaks while working. So, a handful of schools in North Texas are experimenting with more recess. Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:51:00 GMT /2016-01-03/turns-out-monkey-bars-and-kickball-might-be-good-for-the-brain Christopher Connelly /education/2015-12-15/with-recess-in-decline-some-schools-are-bucking-the-trend Turns out recess is so much more than just monkey bars and freeze tag. In American public schools, though, recess has been on the decline – edged out to… Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:51:00 GMT /education/2015-12-15/with-recess-in-decline-some-schools-are-bucking-the-trend Christopher Connelly /education/2015-12-03/a-dallas-school-trustee-wants-to-make-recess-mandatory-in-disd-elementary-schools There was a time when recess was part of every kid’s day. Today, not so much. A Dallas school board trustee wants to change that.On Thursday, the Dallas… Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:13:46 GMT /education/2015-12-03/a-dallas-school-trustee-wants-to-make-recess-mandatory-in-disd-elementary-schools Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom