Spending more time on test prep at the expense of recess actually harms students’ cognitive development and academic ...

So there's a longstanding debate about whether middle schoolers should have recess like they did in elementary school or whether they should, instead, be treated more like high schoolers.

West Liberty-Salem Schools Superintendent Kraig Hissong said a middle school student was flown for further evaluation “out of an abundance of caution” after being injured during recess.

Elementary school students across Tennessee could soon have more recess time, if a bill proposed ... physical activity for middle schoolers and high schoolers would not be changed, at 90 minutes ...