40% of schools cutting recess

This seems like one of those issues which "both" sides should be able to agree on: liberals because they're smart and realize kids need physical activity for their health and mental development; and conservatives because they recall that back in the good ole days, kids used to be free to spend hours a day unsupervised playing (in between praying, reciting the Pledge, and trading politically incorrect epithets).

Yet with all our focus on kids' test scores and tight education budgets, this common sense gets lost. Too bad.

Up to 40 percent of U.S. schools cutting back on recess

Researchers say that cuts in play time affect children's health and development process.

By LiveScience

August, 15 2011 | Mother Nature Network

URL: http://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/stories/up-to-40-percent-of-us-schools-cutting-back-on-recess