In 1999, my association realized something was wrong. More and more schools were eliminating recess.

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Your recess, your art, your music, your PE - those are things that are created for children's interest as well as their learning. Those may be the very reasons children love coming to school. For some children, recess is the only area of the school day in which they really excel. ... If you take that away, you really are hurting the child.

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