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Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. The community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology has seen students engaged in the best of what recess can offer—cooperation,…

Many children quit sports by age 11 because they are no longer fun, often due to early professionalization. Parents can re-engage their children by playing with them, inventing new games,…

Detroit Lions linebacker Anthony Pittman credits sports with teaching him life skills, creating lifelong friendships, and helping him connect with people. He now partners with Playworks to encourage kids to…

Playworks, a national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s physical and emotional well-being, is pleased to welcome three new youth champions to the nonprofit’s board of directors.

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Playworks is working toward ensuring that every kid has access to safe and healthy play every day at school. CEO Elizabeth Cushing discusses the path to scale and how Playworks…

Playworks and Camp Fire are launching TagTeam in partnership with Camp Fire Alaska in Anchorage, AK, and with Camp Fire Heartland, in Kansas City, MO, serving more than 10,000 youth.…

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 291 into law, making a half-hour of recess mandatory for all elementary school students from kindergarten through eighth grade in the state. Laura Medina…

Recess is a critical time for children, a time for play that can benefit both their behavior and academics. But it isn’t joyful for all children. Playworks’ Laura Medina Quintanar…