Updates
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March 29, 2017
Playworks is a Classy Awards Finalist ›
The Classy Awards recognize social innovation
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March 28, 2017
Partnering with Let’s Move! Active Schools ›
Bringing more schools safe, healthy, active play!
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March 6, 2017
If We Had 100 Million Dollars… ›
Read excerpts from our application to the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition
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March 1, 2017
School Grants from Action for Healthy Kids ›
Building healthier kids with support from our friends at Action for Healthy Kids
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February 27, 2017
New Research Brief: Improve Recess for Better Student Outcomes ›
When elementary schools create a safe and healthy recess for students, there can be a major impact on individual kids and school climate overall.
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February 22, 2017
Measuring the Benefits of Recess: Playworks’ Great Recess Framework ›
How do we define and assess play among elementary school students? The answer: we don't . . . until now. Although researchers, educators, and parents agree that play is important,…
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February 12, 2017
New Research Brief: Improve Recess for Better Student Outcomes ›
When elementary schools create a safe and healthy recess for students, there can be a major impact on individual kids and school climate overall. In schools with safe and healthy…
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January 25, 2017
Service Unites Playworks Nation on MLK Day 2017 ›
Playworkers across the nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by serving beyond the playground