November 6, 2025 - A new law aims to get more teachers instructing kids in how to sound out words to be able to access the joy of reading. As students across California return to their classrooms, ...

Middle schoolers fall into a liminal space where they aren't little kids anymore but also aren't rapidly approaching adulthood as older teens are. They have different needs, energy, and attention ...

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 ...

Mark LaBossiere recalls a letter from a high school student to the district’s superintendent that shared how, as a wheelchair user, the student had never had the chance to use a playground swing. It ...

At least one Goddard intermediate school has reduced recess time for the 2025-26 school year from 15 minutes to 10. Iryna Tolmachova Getty Images/iStockphoto Parents at one Goddard intermediate school ...

The recent decision by the Chicago Public Schools system to reinstate recess, effectively reversing years of optional recess policy (an option that was exercised less and less), is a step in the right ...