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HOUSTON – A study has found that a recess program can reduce bullying in schools. Playworks is a national nonprofit organization that brings safe, healthy, inclusive play to low-income schools.…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A nonprofit group is engineering a recess revolution at schools across the country, including nine in the Twin Cities. The group, called Playworks, believes recess done differently…

Bullying has been a big problem in U.S. schools, but recent study shows new changes to recess program have helped reduce bullying. Jill Vialet, the founder of Playworks spoke with…

In the middle of the playground at Stepping Stones Elementary stands an individual who has been identified to me as the linchpin in the operation of this Alief-area charter school.…

By: Nick Veronin, Mountain View Voice Staff Behavior referrals are down and kids are more focused in class, thanks to a new program that brings greater structure to recess at…

So I came across this nonprofit a few weeks ago called Playworks, and I was shocked that I hadn’t heard of them before, not only because they’ve been around since…

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…

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…

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…