Updates
May 31, 2012
Adults Love Kickball and Play to Benefit Kids ›
Corporate Kickball tournaments all across the country benefit students at Playworks schools.
May 30, 2012
Kids with Physically Active Friends are More Active Themselves ›
Being active is contagious, study says.
The Durham News
May 28, 2012
Putting the Play Back in Recess ›
DURHAM – Standing at the corner of a bustling blacktop, keeping watch over a few dozen first-graders playing four square and jumping rope, Parkwood Elementary School Principal Michael Somers tells…
May 18, 2012
Playworks founder named to ’40 FOR 40′ list from Women’s Sports Foundation ›
Jill Vialet joins Mia Hamm, Venus Williams, Robin Roberts, Tina Fey and Ellen DeGeneres as one of the WSF women who have impacted society.
May 17, 2012
Playworks founder named to 40 For 40 List ›
Jill Vialet has been recognized by the Women’s Sports Foundation’s (WSF) 40 FOR 40 list of women who have made a significant impact on society after playing sports in high school or…
The Clarion-Ledger
May 16, 2012
Miss. kids turning tide on obesity, report shows ›
It could be hopscotch or kickball or a rousing game of Ring-Around-The-Rosie, but whatever it is, the waistlines of Mississippi schoolchildren are slimming down. A new report released by the…
May 13, 2012
Student calls for longer recess: “We act now or never!” ›
Young advocate in the making gives three great reasons to lengthen school recess in persuasive essay.
May 11, 2012
Expanding play at recess in Houston public schools ›
Playworks rolls out recess to three additional Houston area school districts
April 30, 2012
Smoother Transitions and More Time for Learning at Playworks Schools, Study Says ›
Teachers reclaim instructional time in schools that partner with Playworks