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Portland Trail Blazers President Larry Miller has been named the country’s Most Playful CEO in a nationwide search for inventive leaders who incorporate play and innovation into the work environment to encourage…

Misha Simmonds of University Heights Charter School in Newark, NJ, has been honored as Playworks’ Most Valuable Principal. University Heights students at the school describe him as “silly, a great player, a…

Ann Nguyen, a first-year coach and AmeriCorps member from San Jose’s Santee Elementary was named 2010 Rookie of the Year earlier this year for her leadership and example. Among her many contributions, Ann created Santee’s Got…

Ashoka Fellow Jill Vialet, founder of Playworks, gave a wonderful talk recently at TEDxSF about creativity, play and Everyone a Changemaker™.

Playworks Founder and President Jill talks about the organization’s goal of reaching a million kids a day and why, after 13 years as Sports4Kids, it’s changing its name to Playworks.

For many elementary school principals, recess is the toughest part of the day. That’s when all the trouble starts — the teasing, fighting, bullying, injuries, referrals and suspensions. This video…

For many elementary school principals, recess is the toughest part of the day. That’s when all the trouble starts — the teasing, fighting, bullying, injuries, referrals, and suspensions. It doesn’t just…

Maynard Webb, chairman, and CEO of LiveOps, a Santa Clara, CA, high-tech company, was named as the Playworks’ Most Playful CEO earlier this year, taking the honors after a national search…

Playworks AmeriCorps member Sean Tate from Abramson Science and Technology Charter School in New Orleans was honored as the 2009 Get in the Game Rookie of the Year at a special diner awards ceremony…