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February 4, 2010

First-of-its-kind Gallup Poll Links Recess to Academic Achievement ›

Principals say recess has a positive impact on learning; students are more focused, listen better after recess

February 4, 2010

How to boost student learning? More recess might help. ›

Recess isn't about just play. More than 80 percent of elementary-school principals believe that recess has a positive impact on academic achievement, according to a new Gallup survey released Thursday. The support for recess comes even though testing pressures have led to cutbacks in the amount of playtime in US schools. (Read the full article)

January 22, 2010

Play, Progress and the Unreasonable Man ›

Recently I was asked to speak at the TEDx Conference in San Francisco on the role of play and creativity. The theme of my talk was based on a quote by George Bernard Shaw: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him. The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself. All progress…

December 10, 2009

Peaceful Recesses Become Child’s Play ›

…Playground bullying at schools has decreased School recess can become a melee, with students fighting over the ball and excluding others from the game. Playground fights have occurred so frequently at some campuses that outdoor playtime has been eliminated altogether. But that is changing at four New Orleans elementary schools participating in Playworks, a nationwide…

November 25, 2009

Grout Elementary School asks nonprofit to help make recess fun again ›

When Grout Elementary School Principal Susan McElroy suggests that children don’t know how to play anymore, her view is based on years of watching kids outside on playgrounds during recess. McElroy has worked in education since 1983. “Over the years, it seems like kids have less of an idea about how to get games started,”…

November 23, 2009

Special Report: The Power of Play ›

A two-part special report highlighted the effectiveness of Playworks after only four days at Sacramento Elementary, a Northeast Portland school. KATU talked to students, staff and teachers about recess issues on their campus and what happened after four days of organized recess and class game time.

November 19, 2009

Playworks Founder Jill Vialet at TEDx San Francisco ›

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

September 30, 2009

Improving Recess One School at a Time ›

ABC's Ann Pleschette Murphy and Playworks Founder Jill Vialet discuss the importance of recess and tips for how to make it better at your school

September 29, 2009

School’s Out for… Never? ›

Classrooms are leaking minutes every day because teachers are using precious time resolving conflicts from the playground. And the slow drip, drip, drip every day is adding up — in some cases to the tune of 18 minutes or more per classroom daily. So before we tack additional hours onto the school day, what if…

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