Klein, A. (2020, February 25). Doubling Recess Time to Put Play Back in the School Day. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

Is it a good idea to trade literacy and math time to give elementary students more time to play? Virginia Beach City schools–urged on by parents–decided to go for it, hiking the amount of recess the district offered, from just 20 minutes a day to 30 minutes.

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