By Jesse Hagopian -- Originally Published by The Progressive Photos by Sarah Lang --- It was May of 2014. I had just picked up my son from his wonderful play-based preschool, and, as we headed home, I turned on the radio. Usually, my son would demand that I “turn off the boring news” and put …
Continue reading Recess in Seattle: How We Won the Right to Play
The rebellion for lunch and recess is rocking Seattle! The rally to defend lunch and recess time at the Wednesday Seattle school board meeting was an overwhelming success. A few dozen parents, teachers, and kids rallied and testified with one message: eating and playing--lunch and recess--are human rights. The school district began the meeting by …
Continue reading A New Rebellion for Lunch and Recess!
Sign the Save Recess Petition today! You have heard about Seattle's fight for a $15 minimum wage, or the teachers who organized a mass boycott of the MAP test. But you might not be aware of the newest movement--organized for one of the most basic human rights--that was recently ignited in the emerald city: The …
Continue reading Restore Recess: A Movement is Born
“Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.” – Plato “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” - Mr. Rogers The Seattle Times published my op-ed today on how the …
Continue reading Play Over Test Prep–My op-ed in the Seattle Times
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