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Keeping the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in mind, 13-year-old Zoe Brown said if she could change one thing about the world, people would treat each other better. “I…

  An Oakland program helps kids play better at recess and teaches life skills at the same time. When Jill Vialet was growing up in Washington, D.C. in the ’70s,…

They might be better off putting down their books and heading outside. There is a paradox when it comes to improving education in America: The system is failing to prepare…

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…

Playworks-LA Executive Director Amy Fannon discusses the method behind the successful program. (part 2 of a series)  

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…

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…

William Dick Public School in Philadelphia tests out a new program called Playworks where a recess coach teaches kids all about conflict-resolution.

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…