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May 27, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the launch of two innovative programs hosted by Stand Together, the community platform for the Timbers and Portland Thorns FC. During the…
COM-UNIK
Carolyn Dwyer
May 25, 2016
We have long known that children, learn more while they play: not just about the world around them but about themselves. They learn how to analyze information and how to…
May 9, 2016
Carson, CA—May 10, 2016—Playworks announced today that DeMar George, Playworks AmeriCorps Coach of Playworks Southern California at Kennedy Elementary School in Santa Ana, CA, has been selected as the recipient…
Crain's Detroit Business
by Daniel Duggan
April 29, 2016
Shawn Blanchard paints a vivid portrait of the problems facing kids in inner cities. He was born with drugs in his system. He and his brothers were separated from each…
KARE 11
Alicia Lewis
April 25, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.- Recess is a chance for kids to have a break from their classroom. It’s a chance for students to be physically active and get outside and play. Unfortunately,…
Tech Insider
Chris Weller
April 24, 2016
Picture yourself at the center of an elementary school blacktop. Orbiting you are dozens of children, each of them running past like tiny, glowing suns. Now ask yourself: How could something so…
Journal Sentinel
by Erin Richards
April 19, 2016
Before coaches started organizing recess activities at more than a dozen city schools, small conflicts could escalate quickly. Arguing, shoving, kids egging on the drama, suspensions and later disruptions in…
Governor Doug Ducey visited Loma Linda Elementary School in Creighton Elementary School District on April 18, 2016. During his visit, Governor Ducey was able to observe Playworks, an innovative play-based…
thenotebook
by Fabiola Cineas
The students knew they had just 15 minutes outside. Once the recess coach yelled, “On your mark, get set, play,” the 2nd graders scattered in excitement across the bare blacktop at…
