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Connections: Pushing Educational Standards by Decreasing Extracurricular Activities?

The pressure to raise educational standards is being felt by every district, and some have resorted to doing away with things like recess and other extracurricular activities to focus on grades. Is this the right way to achieve these goals? We talk about this with Ellen Leopold from the Children's Institute, and Debbie McCoy from The Strong.

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.