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The Herald News
January 9, 2012
In an effort to address troublesome and disruptive behavior, which directly affects student performance, the Fall River School Department plans a pair of interesting initiatives aimed at addressing such issues…
January 6, 2012
The First Lady's announced a focus on the power of play for promoting children's health and well-being.
By Will Richmond
January 5, 2012
FALL RIVER – As educators learn more about the link between social and emotional behaviors and classroom performance, the School Department is proposing two new programs to improve student performance…
KSL.com
By John Daley
December 15, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY — Some Utah schools are taking steps to change the way recess works and makes better use of time – to help kids learn to get along…
December 6, 2011
A thoughtful Q&A with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Jane Lowe
Education Week
Jane Isaacs Lowe
Ask any teacher to identify these students: The child who should be focusing on a math lesson, but instead is wondering whether her parents will fight again tonight, with words…
November 30, 2011
Playworks CEO and Founder Jill Vialet has been named one of the 30 most influential social entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine. For the first time in its 94-year history, Forbes assembled the Impact 30:…
Forbes Magazine
Helen Coster
A blue-ribbon panel of experts selected social entrepreneurs who are tackling the world's most intractable problems. Playworks Founder and CEO Jill Vialet is one of them.
November 18, 2011
Play is an important building block in every child’s development. It promotes learning, teamwork, increases imagination, expands social skills and more. Join us Friday, November 18, 2011 at 10am PT for a…