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June 19, 2013
A Connecticut school district has begun creating a new recess policy that will require 20 minutes of daily recess after parents made several complaints about access to recess.
North Carolina Health News
By Rose Hoban
May 30, 2013
A program in Durham schools is helping kids have more fun on the playground at schools, get more exercise and reducing conflict to boot. By Holly West In some Durham…
May 29, 2013
An Institute of Medicine report recommends schools provide children with more than 50 percent of the needed 60 minutes of daily physical activity
May 22, 2013
Guest blogger Coach Amy DeLair was one of 12 AmeriCorps members nationwide selected to meet President Barack Obama in the White House.
Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
By Allison Frost
May 21, 2013
In the last several years, our show has covered stories about bullying in public schools. It’s an ongoing problem and not easy to solve. But Shaver Elementary school in NE…
The Oregonian
By Nancy Anderson
May 17, 2013
A playground program at many Portland-area elementary schools significantly curbs bullying, improves school climate and increases vigorous student activity, a new study shows. But for Playworks, a national nonprofit organization…
The Atlantic Cities
By Sarah Goodyear
May 16, 2013
There is nothing fancy about the schoolyard at P.S. 309 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. It’s just a few hundred square feet of bare asphalt bounded by a chain…
May 15, 2013
Find five great tips to improve school recess from Jill Vialet on Edutopia.org
May 13, 2013
Randomized control study finds students at Playworks schools experience less bullying, feel safer, return to classroom quicker, and are more physically active
