For the fifth year, Oregon Business showcased exemplary nonprofit workplaces on their 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon project. More than 5,000 employees and volunteers from 159 nonprofits…
https://www.playworks.org/pacific-northwest/2013/12/09/1-best-nonprofit-to-work-for-in-oregon-2/>
To the kids at the school where I was a Playworks Coach, being a positive team player wasn’t always the popular thing to do. When I was tasked with coaching…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/teamwork-makes-the-dream-work/>
To the kids at the school where I was a Playworks Coach, being a positive team player wasn’t always the popular thing to do. When I was tasked with coaching…
https://www.playworks.org/new-york-new-jersey/story-of-play/teamwork-makes-the-dream-work/>
An Oakland program helps kids play better at recess and teaches life skills at the same time. When Jill Vialet was growing up in Washington, D.C. in the ’70s,…
http://www.themonthly.com/eastbaylife1008.html>
Playworks Indiana is a best-in-class program that works with schools to maximize the benefits of recess. Through using its approach to inclusive, value-based recess, schools have decreased reports of bullying,…
http://www.batesvilleheraldtribune.com/opinion/all-work-and-no-play-how-recess-enhances-student-success/article_420e35a1-91aa-53b0-966f-320a9d252889.html>
Recess went better at Denver’s Swansea Elementary School last week than any week Principal Mary Sours can remember in the past ten years. Kids were running instead of standing against…
http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2010/04/16/recess-coaches-may-help-classroom-work/>
When P.E. teacher Hannah Reinke found out that her students at Antioch Middle School in Nashville, Tennessee would get daily recess, she was thrilled. Then reality hit. Last year, Antioch…
https://www.playworks.org/case-study/one-tennessee-school-turned-recess-around/>
The road to scaling social impact isn’t always linear or free of bumps. Playworks CEO and Founder Jill Vialet speaks to the unforeseen challenges and key lessons learned when scaling…
https://www.playworks.org/news/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-jill-vialet-shares-lessons-learned-on-scaling-impact/>
As schools search for more time for academic learning, recess is the wrong place to look.
https://www.playworks.org/news/want-kids-to-learn-give-them-a-break/>