The pilot program is modeled after the Finnish school system, whose students get some of the best scores in the world in reading, math and science. While they differ in rigor, content, and design—the consistent message is that increasing physical activity does not take away from academic performance and it can make a small contribution to academic performance.”On the other hand, Mark Joraanstad, Arizona School Administrators executive director, is against this new law. In Recess Transformer A Frisco attorney dons a superhero costume to bring joy to hospitalized kids ... After I moved to Texas in 2012, I realized I had these great costumes that just sat on stands in my living room and collected dust. Kids like Riley aren’t the only ones who think it’s a good idea: Study after study has shown that unstructured play time is crucial to development, not only benefiting physical health but also improving cognitive faculties not normally associated with play, including focus and recall.Sensing a movement in the making—one driven by frustrated teachers, parents, and advocacy groups like The benefits of a break in the school day extend beyond the value of the time outside.Citing all of those factors, in 2017 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—which pointedly differentiates play from physical education, defining recess as “unstructured physical activity and play”—recommended The American Academy of Pediatrics also weighed in, describing recess in a 2012 In the last two decades, as the federal No Child Left Behind Act ushered in a new focus on standardized testing—and schools responded to new security concerns and shrinking budgets—recess was increasingly seen as dispensable.“When you go back to the start of public schools and the drive to get kids educated 135 years ago, they all had recess,” said Robert Murray, a pediatrician who co-authored the American Academy of Pediatrics statement.“In the ’90s, as we got more and more focused on the core courses and academic performance and test scores and all that, people began to look at recess as free time that could be taken away,” Murray said.Researchers and teachers alike say kids have suffered for it. Much of the legislation of the last few years has been initiated at the urging of parents and teachers. “That’s a pretty sizable number of studies. While attending Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge, Batey began taking yoga classes as a way to stay healthy. Recently, legislators in Connecticut proposed Much of the legislation of the last few years has been initiated at the urging of parents and teachers.