Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of the main playground space in Recess, an upcoming play-dining experience in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood.

Allen Elementary School students play during recess. The school is one of three in Wichita that’s experimenting with a new approach to recess that eases up on rules and lets kids play more freely.

You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop.

Washoe County parents are pushing back against stricter elementary school rules that limit recess, playground play and ...

It's not always easy to get kids to play nice. It's also not cheap. Playworks, a national non-profit that dispatches recess coaches to mostly inner-city schools, says its job is to "put the play back ...