A Chicago group is organizing about 300 parents for a task force to address the issue of reinstating recess in hopes of overcoming past hurdles according to the Chicago Tribune. One parent, Lori Morton has been working on it for nearly five years as a member of a larger effort organized by Chicago's Community Organizing and Family Issues group, or COFI.

Her efforts appear to be paying off.

From parents to principals, teachers, Chicago Publ…
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program to promote markets for recycled-content products derived from waste tires generated in California and decrease the adverse environmental impacts created by unlawful disposal and stockpiling of waste tires.

Eligible agencies are public entities which include: California cities, counties, public school districts, public col…
"One thing I heard from many par­ents was that their child responded well to phys­i­cal exer­cise. They also reported that it helped their chil­dren burn off excess energy and main­tain a calmer and more focused state," according to Dr. Rabiner.

A new study substantiates this observational data. The study pub­lished recently online in the Jour­nal of Atten­tion Dis­or­ders exam­in­ed the effects of an extended phys­i­cal activ­ity …
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Contributed by Andrea Bossenmeyer

I played basketball from the time I was 5 until 15, when a debilitating knee surgery took me out of the game. Figuratively and literally. With 10 years of practice, I wasn't anywhere near as talented as this talented boy.



Jordan McCabe reminds me of one of my personal heros whom I was lucky enough to see multiple times because we lived in the same city. Sandy "Spin" Slade. Sandy has moved on from pe…