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KNBC TV Los Angeles
John Cadiz Klemack
June 8, 2010
Playworks is a Bay Area-based school program that actively engages kids on the pavement, grass and hardwood of low-income schools throughout the country. It wasn't until 2009 that it debuted…
June 3, 2010
Jill Vialet
Oregonian
Steve Duin
May 31, 2010
Sixth-grade recess. I'm running a post pattern across the playground, looking back into the sun, when Mr. Hoelck — who always insisted on playing quarterback — fired a perfect spiral…
South Los Angeles Report
Christine Trang
May 28, 2010
Three years ago, Emma Cueva, a fourth-grade teacher at W. Claude Hudnall Elementary School, noticed students walking around slowly at recess or roaming the playground with no destination. Some even…
May 27, 2010
NBC Philadelphia
Aditi Roy
May 17, 2010
William Dick Public School in Philadelphia tests out a new program called Playworks where a recess coach teaches kids all about conflict-resolution.
ABC News Nightline
T.J. Winick and Karson Yiu
May 10, 2010
Elementary School in Tough Arkansas Neighborhood Brings in 'Coach Coop' to Give Structure to Playtime In the orderly halls of Stephens Elementary in Little Rock, Ark., principal Sharon Brooks steers…
Houston Chronicle
Jennifer Radcliffe
May 8, 2010
Program brings structure to recess Five-year-old Timaria Sanders helps lead her kindergarten class in a chicken walk with Bill Vanark, a program director with Playworks, at North Forest's Lakewood Elementary…
Philadelphia Daily News
Dafney Tales
May 7, 2010
Program in 9 schools shows promise, but kids out-of-shapeBy DAFNEY TALESPhiladelphia Daily News Fourth-graders at the William Dick School, in North Philly, listened intently yesterday as they learned the rules…