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Christian Science Monitor
Amanda Paulson
February 4, 2010
Recess isn't about just play. More than 80 percent of elementary-school principals believe that recess has a positive impact on academic achievement, according to a new Gallup survey released Thursday.…
January 22, 2010
Recently I was asked to speak at the TEDx Conference in San Francisco on the role of play and creativity. The theme of my talk was based on a quote…
The Bee
Merry MacKinnon
November 25, 2009
When Grout Elementary School Principal Susan McElroy suggests that children don’t know how to play anymore, her view is based on years of watching kids outside on playgrounds during recess.…
Ashoka
November 19, 2009
Ashoka Fellow Jill Vialet, founder of Playworks, gave a wonderful talk recently at TEDxSF about creativity, play and Everyone a Changemaker™. Watch it below:
ABC News
ABC Now
September 30, 2009
ABC's Ann Pleschette Murphy and Playworks Founder Jill Vialet discuss the importance of recess and tips for how to make it better at your school
Huffington Post
Jill Vialet
September 29, 2009
Classrooms are leaking minutes every day because teachers are using precious time resolving conflicts from the playground. And the slow drip, drip, drip every day is adding up — in…
The Portland Tribune
Jennifer Anderson
September 10, 2009
Recess at many public schools isn’t what it used to be. Many schoolyard games – such as tag – have been discouraged because kids play too rough and the conflicts…
Boston Globe
James Vaznis
September 9, 2009
They would ignore the brightly colored balls left for them on the playground and the hopscotch lines painted on the pavement. Instead, in past years many students at Conservatory Lab…
NewsHour, PBS
Jim Lehrer and Spencer Michels
July 24, 2009
Recess can be a chaotic, even violent, period during the course of a normal school day. Spencer Michels reports on how one non-profit is showing educators the health, and classroom…
