That's a slight decrease from the results of a 2006 study published in the Journal of School Health, which discovered that more than 81percentt of school districts adopted such a no-recess policy.
Mr Hague insisted that the military advisers did not constitute "boots on the ground", and that it was not necessary to recall Parliament during recess since the policy in Libya had not changed.
The importance of the school's policy on recess PA was also seen in an Australian qualitative study where children had to stay indoors in both wet and hot weather conditions [ 15].
But it is now my view that boys have been harmed by many different social trends and there is plenty of blame to go round These trends include the decline of recess, punitive zero-tolerance policies, myths about armies of juvenile "super-predators" and a misguided campaign against single-sex schooling.
The talks between Burger King and Tim Hortons "keeps the fires burning on the issue" as lawmakers prepare to return from their summer recess, said Chris Krueger, a Washington policy analyst at financial services firm Guggenheim Securities.
Re "The Boys at the Back," by Christina Hoff Sommers ("The Great Divide" series, Sunday Review, Feb. 3): The way to deal with boys' underachievement in school is not through "boy friendly" policies like more recess, single-sex classrooms and male teachers but through strong academic climates and clear, consistent information about occupations and the educational pathways that lead to them.
The Speaker of the House of Commons has criticised Parliament's policy of breaking for recess while political party conferences are underway.
This sort of delay achieves political ends, like denying Democrats the chance to campaign on the accomplishment during the recess, but it's exceedingly poor policy.
Why doesn't the city's Department of Education set up a policy that makes outdoor recess mandatory based on a reasonable standard -- say, when the temperature hits 10 degrees or it's raining heavily?
As the end of the Congressional recess draws closer, the debate over Iraq policy will only intensify, and the new intelligence assessment, called "Prospects for Iraq's Stability" is likely to play an important role in that discussion.
