Everyone loves recess, but should states mandate it?
May 21, 2026
Everyone loves recess, but should states mandate it?
Fordham Institute
From Oklahoma to California, states across the political spectrum are moving to require minimum amounts of daily recess in elementary—and in some cases middle—grades, often coupled with bans on withholding it as punishment.
Chalkbeat
As the school year begins, leaders at Denver’s Bluff Lake Nature Center are searching for a way to keep offering publicly funded enrichment classes...
Boardhawk
Last week, with the release of the 2026 state testing CMAS results, we published longtime educator and education advocate van Schoales’ examination of the USNWR report.
The 74
With new state-level programs quickly redrawing the map of school choice over the last few years, a central question may determine the movement’s continued success.
RMV
Douglas County has long been known as a community that values school choice, which is one reason a resolution recently advanced by the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education deserves much more attention than it has received.
Boardhawk
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, referring to a highly questionable national magazine rating, says in today’s state testing press release that Colorado is number one in education.
