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September 17, 2008
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Post
By Bill Turque
Brearn Wright Jr. remembers recess during his first year as principal of Clark Elementary School in Petworth as "like a MASH unit." "Recess time was the time the school nurse…
Voice of America May 7, 2008
By Maria Hickey
May 7, 2008
Play seems to come naturally to children. But in many American cities, kids are spending less and less time outdoors or playing organized sports. So, Sports4Kids is reintroducing basic games…
The New York Times Magazine
By Robin Marantz Henig
February 17, 2008
On a drizzly Tuesday night in late January, 200 people came out to hear a psychiatrist talk rhapsodically about play — not just the intense, joyous play of children, but…
The Examiner
By Dena Levitz
September 25, 2007
A new national report on recess sheds light on the importance of the traditional activity, while criticizing school systems like D.C.’s that neither devote separate funds nor have set standards…
ABC 7 San Francisco
By Lyanne Melendez
May 23, 2007
Some Bay Area inner city schools are trying to increase the amount of physical activity that students are exposed to. The program is called Sports4Kids and kids are not only…
Education Week
By Lesli A. Maxwell
April 24, 2007
The largest of Baltimore’s small but increasing number of grant-funded alternatives is offered by Sports4Kids, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit group that provides games and organized sports activities and teaches students…
