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What Recess Looks Like Around The World

What Recess Looks Like Around The World

In elementary school classrooms around the world, kids strain to contain their energy until recess, like a crumbling dam holding back a river. When the bell rings, they burst onto rooftop playgrounds in Tokyo, hopscotch courts in Los Angeles, and concrete yards in the West Bank to race, fight, joke, bounce, sing, tease, and squeal. Their experience on the playground …

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