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Principals: Recess Key to Academic Success

(Feb. 4) -- In schools across the country, daily recess has been shortened or eliminated altogether as districts strive to improve standardized test scores. According to a new Gallup survey of America's principals, however, that might prove to be exactly the wrong move. Eight in 10 principals polled by Gallup said recess...

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In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity. Macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, employment, investment spending, capacity utilization, household income, business profits, and inflation fall, while bankruptcies and the unemployment rate rise.

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