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The Herald News

January 5, 2012

Fall River School Department plans two new programs to improve student behavior ›

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

December 15, 2011

Recess re-imagined: Playworks helps kids behave, learn better ›

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…

Education Week

December 6, 2011

To Boost Learning, Start With Emotional Health ›

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…

Forbes Magazine

November 30, 2011

The Forbes Impact 30 ›

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. 

Today Parenting

August 14, 2011

All school, no play? Kids’ learning suffers without recess, experts say ›

By Stephanie Pappas When Deborah Gilboa's second-oldest son Nadav started coming home from first grade with discipline warnings from his teacher, Gilboa and her husband were perplexed. Nadav, who had…

The Washington Post - The Answer Sheet

June 8, 2011

Why Recess is Serious Business ›

Play matters but too many schools don’t give kids a chance to enjoy themselves. Here’s a story about a school that had no recess for kids, until a teacher showed…

Deseret News

April 17, 2011

Recess revolution: Introducing structure and organization to play time ›

SALT LAKE CITY — The stars, bullies, sidekicks and loners joined other playground personalities in coming together during recess at Lincoln Elementary School.They played a new version of kickball —…

The Salt Lake Tribune

April 14, 2011

Program brings kinder, gentler recess to Utah schools ›

Before this week, recess at Salt Lake City’s Lincoln Elementary — like recess at many schools — included arguments, tattling and hurt feelings. This week, it’s literally a different ballgame,…

Playworkers playing foursquare
Playworkers playing foursquare

New York Times

April 8, 2011

The Power of the Playground ›

Ask a young child, “How was school today?” and you’re likely to hear about recess. My son is 7 years old, and like many children his age, recess is the…