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How recess helps students learn

  • Written by: William Massey, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University
imageGiving kids time outside for physical and social activity helps them get ready to learn.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As parents and schools seek to support students’ social and emotional needs – and teach them what they need to learn – some education leaders are missing one particularly effective opportunity.

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