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January 6, 2012

The First Lady Got It Right ›

The First Lady's announced a focus on the power of play for promoting children's health and well-being.

The Herald News

By Will Richmond

January 5, 2012

Fall River School Department plans two new programs to improve student behavior ›

FALL RIVER – As educators learn more about the link between social and emotional behaviors and classroom performance, the School Department is proposing two new programs to improve student performance in both areas. The School Committee will vote on the plan to adopt a pair of initiatives aimed at creating positive interactions between students and…

KSL.com

By John Daley

December 15, 2011

Recess re-imagined: Playworks helps kids behave, learn better ›

SALT LAKE CITY — Some Utah schools are taking steps to change the way recess works and makes better use of time – to help kids learn to get along while being more physically active. It's called Playworks, and five schools in the state trying it out this year. The program is called Playworks. It's…

December 6, 2011

Better Physical and Emotional Health Equals Better Learning ›

A thoughtful Q&A with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Jane Lowe

Education Week

Jane Isaacs Lowe

December 6, 2011

To Boost Learning, Start With Emotional Health ›

Ask any teacher to identify these students: The child who should be focusing on a math lesson, but instead is wondering whether her parents will fight again tonight, with words and hands. The student with chronic asthma who routinely misses school and whose grades suffer as a result. The group of friends who cannot play…

Forbes Magazine

Helen Coster

November 30, 2011

The Forbes Impact 30 ›

A blue-ribbon panel of experts selected social entrepreneurs who are tackling the world's most intractable problems. Playworks Founder and CEO Jill Vialet is one of them.

November 30, 2011

Jill Vialet Named to Forbes “Impact 30” List ›

Playworks CEO and Founder Jill Vialet has been named one of the 30 most influential social entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine. For the first time in its 94-year history, Forbes assembled the Impact 30: a list of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. The magazine defines “social entrepreneur” as a person who uses business practices to solve social issues. The…

November 18, 2011

Mattel and Playworks Make Play Essential for Everyone! ›

Play is an important building block in every child’s development. It promotes learning, teamwork, increases imagination, expands social skills and more. Join us Friday, November 18, 2011 at 10am PT for a discussion about the importance of play featuring insights from Jill Vialet, CEO and Founder of Playworks, and Dr. Michael Shore, Mattel’s “Dr. Play." Click here…

November 9, 2011

Is a child’s health predetermined by that child’s zip code? ›

HealthyCal on Healthy Kids

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