According to Coach Amber, an AmeriCorps member and Playworks program coordinator at the Lee Academy Pilot School in Dorchester, "every day is a...
Hard Times for Recess
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From The Field
Playworks served with Habitat For Humanity on the National Day of Service to help repaint houses and build a fence around an East Oakland low-...
New York Times
04/05/2011
In his Fixes column in the New York Times, writer David Bornstein explores what educators might gain if, instead of viewing recess as a liability — a drain on teaching time and a behavioral headache — they saw it as an opportunity to make the school a happier place, contribute to children’s healthy development, and maybe even boost academic performance.
This is the first of a two-part series.
