In the news: Recess improves student discipline
February 2, 2009
A new study in the journal Pediatrics finds that school recess ameliorates student behavior problems, and that children with limited recess time are more likely to be black, poor and urban.
There is anecdotal evidence in Portland (PPS does not keep track of recess time centrally) that schools with high poverty and minority concentrations tend to limit recess time in order to maximize instructional time, ostensibly to improve test scores.
(Thanks to reader Buzz for the tip.)
Steve Rawley published PPS Equity from 2008 to 2010, when he moved his family out of the district.
