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LaVal Brewer is executive director of Playworks Southern California, a national organization based on the belief that increasing play at school is not only good for children’s physical health, but also good…

Children today, either because they are continually entertained by digital devices or continually ferried from lesson to practice to play date, don’t know how to handle unstructured time. Ms. Rosin’s…

On a sun-crisp Friday morning at Kearny Elementary School in Northern Liberties, a brisk game of four-square comes to a sudden halt. “You’re out!” declares fourth grader Jayah Grimes to…

It’s supposed to be the fun break in a child’s school day, but fights, bullying and feelings of being left out can make recess anything but enjoyable. That’s where Playworks comes in.…

ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) – Get your kids active and teach them how to play the right way! It is important to teach kids how to play together. That is what Playworks…

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s hard not to smile and move to the beat when you see Katie McLiver’s first grade classroom dancing to some of their favorite songs. The students at…

Editor's note: John Bare is vice president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and executive-in-residence at Georgia Tech's Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship. (CNN) — C'mon, kids. Don't just sit there.…

It’s probably been a few years since you last attended recess, but you’ll quickly recall it was a welcomed period to escape the four walls of your classroom and just…