No Time For Play

Last year, a KUOW investigation found that recess has been cut back at many Seattle schools – especially in low-income neighborhoods.As KUOW’s Ann…

The Seattle teachers’ union is clashing with the district over what should be on their new contract.KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld talked with teachers at a union…

The three-part radio series No Time For Play examines how schools in the Seattle area are increasingly limiting kids' physical activity and play times. It was reported by Ann Dornfeld and edited by Carol Smith.

The recess for the youngest students at Ardmore Elementary School in Bellevue doesn’t look like your typical recess.Big signs – and supervisors – direct…

In decades past, elementary students had recess several times a day.Today, parents and teachers across the country report dramatic cutbacks to that free…

At a playfield in West Seattle, physical education teacher C.J. Sealey referees with a piercing whistle. Sealey aims to get these kids moving – after all,…