You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop.

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio - - Recess at Westerly Elementary School is looking a little different this year -- and it’s all for the better. A new initiative called “Recess Go” brings high school seniors ...

Recess was a sacred part of the school day for Baby Boomers, offering freedom, fresh air, and unstructured fun long before organized play and screen time took over. Schoolyards were noisy, competitive ...

The playground at the Ballantyne Bowl has slides, climbing ropes and lots of other playground equipment. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, 9-year-old Christian Glynn and his 4-year-old brother ...