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July 13, 2009
Award-winning program also unveils www.playworks.org to help schools, others make recess count
The New York Times
Katie Thomas
June 14, 2009
Tes Siarnacki, a recess coordinator at a school in East Boston, regularly encourages older girls to referee boy-dominated soccer games, and assigns older boys to monitor double Dutch jump rope,…
The Star-Ledger
By Jeanette Rundquist
May 14, 2009
Sports4Kids, which operates in about 170 schools in eight cities across the U.S., and which now hopes to expand into Newark and several other urban New Jersey districts, uses recess…
April 7, 2009
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OPB News Portland
By Rob Manning
You know it’s gotten bad for recess when teachers have to ban the most common game around. That was the situation for kids at Hartley Elementary, like 3rd grader, Audrey.
The Oregonian
By Kimberly Melton
April 5, 2009
Deadra Hall is holding kids back — literally. Her arms splayed, the assistant principal blocks fifth-graders from entering the crowded playground. She makes them do multiplication tables, count by sixes…
Oregon Live
By Ben Sherman, OregonLive.com
April 3, 2009
This week, students at several Portland schools are getting something they may not experience every day — a fun, positive and playful recess.
NPR's All Things Considered
By Sarah Varney
March 19, 2009
Shrinking budgets and strict academic mandates prompted California schools to cut gym classes and cut back on recess time. Now, an Oakland-based nonprofit is trying to put more focus on…
KUOW News Seattle
By Phyllis Fletcher
March 16, 2009
Six public school principals in Seattle are thinking about "outsourcing" their recess programs. The ultimate goal is better behavior in the classroom.
