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Recess: the lost key to academic success?
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Kids play at recess Monday, July 28, at Blackridge Elementary in Herriman. - photo by Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
A fierce rash on the boy's flushed face was Tim Walker’s first clue his student was stressed. “I need my 75 minutes of recess,” the fifth-grader demanded. He knew the American teacher was fresh off the boat, new to the Finnish education system, and was convinced he did not understand what the boy's body and mind needed.