I love it. The kids go out several times a day and there are rules as to what's to be worn. I believe if there is a wardrobe offender, they go to the director's office. :(

My favorite part is that since our daycare is for 2-4 year olds full day and before/after school care for 5-10's, there are two separate playgrounds so the little guys are never on their with big kids. A lot could go wrong with all those kids running around together.

i do daycare (in my home) and have unfortunatly had to leave a kid inside (with my assistant) cause they werent properly dressed....it is so hard on the kids.
thank goodness i have 3 kids of my own so i try to find something to child can wear so they can participate.
sometimes parents think just cause they are gettiung in the car in the garage they wont need a coat for the day....

That's the one complaint I have about my otherwise fantastic in-home daycare....they don't go outside enough. In the the spring and fall when the weather is nearly perfect, they go outside. But in the winter and when it's really hot outside, they're inside all day. The preschool he's attending in the fall goes outside multiple times a day, which is how it should be.

They do a great job at our preschool. This morning it was very cloudy and dark at drop off but the kids were out for morning play until the rain started to fall. I expect they'll be out again later as long as conditions stay dry.
Now at my son's public school, recess gets taken away from misbehaving kids. Seems maybe the kids need the activity if they are acting up ...

When my son was in an all-boys pre-first class they started the day with recess. One of the teachers told me the whole day went better if they started off with some running around and blowing off steam.

I know three moms who pulled their kids out of a well-known preschool in Homeland because if one child acted out, sometimes the punishment would be that the entire class would have to stay inside and miss recess. That horrifies me. Exercise and free play is essential to kids' growth; it's not a bonus that should be withheld. (Not to mention punishing everyone for one child's behavior is just wrong to begin with.)

I would be disappointed in that sort of policy, to punish an entire class either for one parent's oversight (forgetting to pack a coat) or one child's misbehavior, especially when the punishment is removal of recess/outdoor time which few kids get enough of anyway.

I would hope that if a daycare had a policy like the one you say the NYT references, they would notify the parents in advance - prompting some parents to either take up a dollar collection, or just take it upon themselves, to make a quick stop at Goodwill or a consigment shop to have a jacket or two to keep on hand in the classroom for just such an occassion.