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As a nation we espouse a concern over latch-key children, locked indoors after school, watching television and playing computers. Won't eliminating recess further compound the problem and extinguish most children's' only opportunity for outdoor play?
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Even as eliminating recess has become something of a trend, some other schools are reversing the trend by reinstating recess. In Berkeley Hall School in Los Angeles, recess had been replaced with physical education classes.
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Many school administrators seem oblivious to the research. "I get more and more calls from distraught parents in the United States, Canada, and the UK. They are frantic because schools are eliminating recess," Pellegrini said.
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Three years ago, the Atlanta school district eliminated recess at many elementary schools, and schools under ... (9-00), described eliminating recess as "a dangerous proposition." Flaxman listed 10 benefits of recess, a few of which include therapeutic value in providing opportunities for safe acting-out behaviors,
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ATLANTA, GA - Eliminating recess periods from the school day is a new trend that is catching on at some public elementary schools. The large Atlanta school district has instituted the policy and is building new elementary schools without playgrounds.
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This publication from the National Association for the Education of Young Children discusses the benefits of school recess. ... Following are a few reasons why school administrators should carefully consider the benefits of outdoor play before eliminating recess from their curriculum.
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Web Research using Google ["eliminate recess" "elementary school"] ... CNN article entitled "Schools Taking Break from Recess" (May 15, 2001) ... Education World "Should Schools Take aBreak From Recess?" (with additional links)
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I have to wonder how Bryan's charter school has SEVERAL recess breaks for kids, and homeschoolers only teach 3 hours a day on average, and yet public schools still have scores so much lower, they think eliminating recess is the answer.
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QUICK TAKE: Children's/Comedy: A group of fourth-graders tries to stop a deranged, former school principal from eliminating summer recess forever.
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"My kid doesn't have recess!" Find out why some schools no longer have time for hopscotch, tag, or talk. ... The benefits of recess go far beyond the "fidget factor," according to Anthony Pellegrini, professor of child development at the University of Georgia and author of School Recess and Playground Behavior.
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