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The Boston Globe
February 10, 2013
A playful solution ›
Occasionally, the solutions to some of education’s most -bedeviling problems are startlingly simple. Here is one of them, on a playground at the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester on a…
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KATU Portland
February 4, 2013
Playworks Training featured on KATU Portland news ›
Last week Playworks Training led classified staff from 10 Salem-Keizer School District elementary schools in our Power of Play and Group Management workshops. Take a look at the clip below…
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The Advocate
January 21, 2013
Playworks turns fun into lessons for life ›
NEW ORLEANS — For Jill Vialet, play is a very serious thing. Vialet is the founder and CEO of the Oakland-based nonprofit organization Playworks and is devoted to rebuilding a…
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KSL NewsRadio
January 9, 2013
Better recess key to school experience ›
MIDVALE — A group that focuses on playtime at recess is growing in Utah. Organizers believe recess can be the key to a whole school’s performance and atmosphere. At Midvale…
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Oregon Live, Powered by: The Oregonian
December 28, 2012
Gresham’s Highland Elementary program makes playground safe, healthy and fun ›
One of the most difficult places at school can be the place that is supposed to be the most fun – the playground. Without supervision, the playground can become a…
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The Republic | azcentral.com
December 12, 2012
Playworks promotes inclusiveness at recess ›
Adults may think of recess as a time of fun, friendship and exercise. At many schools, however, it has devolved into an environment of exclusion, bullying and inactivity. About 160,000 children miss…
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NY Parenting
November 27, 2012
Playworks Turns Recess into Success ›
When I was a kid, recess was a time to talk with my friends about boys, run, scream, and let off some excess steam before returning to the humdrum of…
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Medill Reports Chicago
November 14, 2012
No more empty playgrounds: All Chicago elementary schools now have recess ›
The playground at Chappell Elementary School is filled with children chasing each other on the jungle gyms, playing four square and joining in on a game of soccer and kickball.…
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The Orange County Register
September 26, 2012
Irvine teen donates bar mitzvah money to nonprofit group ›
Joel Abecassis presented $5,000 to Playworks-Southern California, a nonprofit that promotes learning through play in low-income schools. SANTA ANA – Joel Abecassis wanted to make a difference with the money…