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Schools out! Kids cheer! Parents groan. Playworks, a nonprofit devoted to improving children’s health and well-being through activity, wants to help ensure kids stay active this summer. Throughout the school…

Play during schooltime improved students' behavior and academic performance

Boston, MA—June 14, 2016—Classy, the world’s first social impact platform with the goal of helping organizations solve social problems more effectively and efficiently, today announced Playworks as a finalist for…

Carson, CA—May 10, 2016—Playworks announced today that DeMar George, Playworks AmeriCorps Coach of Playworks Southern California at Kennedy Elementary School in Santa Ana, CA, has been selected as the recipient…

NY SpartStart Launch 4-12-16 from Coleture Group on Vimeo. New Balance Partners with  MLB Athletes and Playworks to Launch Six-Week SparkStart Fitness Challenge Featuring NB Baseball athletes and facilitated in conjunction with Playworks, a…

  Bernard J. Tyson accepts Playworks’ 2016 Inspirational Leadership Award from Playworks Junior Coaches at the 2016 Playworks Get in the Game Soirée. Oakland, CA—March 9, 2016—Playworks announced today that Bernard…

Playworks received an extra-special Super Bowl shout-out from First Lady Michelle Obama during the opening of Super Bowl City. In her video message, FLOTUS, whose Let's Move! initiative is dedicated…

As schools search for more time for academic learning, recess is the wrong place to look.