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The Hard Work of Play
The Monthly
School Hopes 'Recess Coach' Will Pay Off in Classroom
ABC News Nightline

Playworks was formerly Sports4Kids. Media coverage prior to July 2009 will list the organization as Sports4Kids.

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Portland Trail Blazers President Named Country's Most Playful CEO
April 27, 2010

        Oakland, CA -- 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 collaboration and teamwork. The award is sponsored by Playworks, a national nonprofit organization that supports learning and a positive school climate by providing healthy, inclusive play and physical activity.

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First-of-its-kind Gallup Poll Links Recess to Academic Achievement
February 4, 2010

WASHINGTON — When most people talk about how to improve education, they tend to focus only on what happens in the classroom.

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Sports4Kids Changes Its Name to Playworks
July 13, 2009

Oakland, California – After 13 years of transforming low-income schools across America with safe, healthy play, Sports4Kids is changing its name to Playworks and ramping up the services it offers to dramatically change school climate. The move is expected to help the organization achieve its goal of providing safe and healthy play to a million kids a day by 2012.

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San Francisco to Transform into Nation’s Hub on Play
April 7, 2009

San Francisco to Transform into Nation’s Hub on Play
Unprecedented gathering of leaders, athletes and advocates will
share ideas and success stories to bring healthy play to kids

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Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously
December 10, 2008

Americans overwhelmingly believe that schools have a major role to play in advancing the health of our nation’s kids, and they are specifically concerned about the lack of recess and physical activity in schools, according to new polling results released today by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s leading public-health foundation and Sports4Kids, a national nonprofit that brings safe and healthy playtime to low-income elementary schools.

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Tag, You’re Healthy!
September 17, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation makes $18 million investment in recess to improve children’s health, learning at 650 low-income schools

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