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Philly kids get guaranteed recess, bathroom, and water breaks for the first time under a new school wellness policy

For the first time, Philadelphia School District students have guaranteed bathroom and water breaks. Recess is promised. Silent lunches and collective punishment are forbidden. Call it a victory for ...
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Philly teachers can't withhold bathroom and recess breaks under this new district policy

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia teachers can no longer withhold recess or bathroom breaks as discipline under a revised school district policy. The school board adopted the new wellness ...
Washington Examiner

House procedural move will help block Obama recess appointments during August break

After the House of Representatives passed the bill to extend the debt limit, it adjourned for the summer, but not before Republicans took advantage of a procedural move that will help block President ...
AOL

Middle school recess? City students make case before School Committee

WORCESTER – Citing the value that movement and socializing can have on mental health as well as social-emotional learning, a group of Worcester middle school students filed a petition to introduce ...
Staten Island Advance

When do NYC public school students return from mid-winter break?

New York City students in public schools are enjoying time off from going to classes and doing homework during mid-winter break — so when exactly do they head back to campus? Schools are closed for ...