Nonprofit demonstrates games that combine exertion and learning. Back in the day, recess on the playground was the time for boys to be boys and the fainthearted to step aside.…
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Playworks Wisconsin had a very successful 2015-2016 due to our amazing AmeriCorps and staff coaches and our dedicated school partners. This past school year we had coaches in 11 Milwaukee public schools. School partners included Brown…
https://www.playworks.org/wisconsin/2016/07/01/celebrating-our-school-partners/
In-school coaches, training help reduce the discipline problems associated with recess – which pediatricians say is critical to healthy development, but can also be the crucible of conflicts between kids …
Playworks' own Bill Vanark, Ellen Goodman, and Emma Rapp brought old school recess to San Francisco's culinary elite on April 29th. At Share Our Strength's annual Taste of the Nation…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2010/05/14/four-square-and-fine-dining/
As a Playworks coach, there are so many positive things that outweigh the long hours, lesson planning, and nasty weather. Everyday I come to school and look forward to seeing…
https://www.playworks.org/pennsylvania/2015/03/02/playworks-coach-stephanie-murray/
Playworks Sustainers. We want to give you the opportunity to join our community in a meaningful, on-going way. For the first time in Salt Lake City you can join a…
https://www.playworks.org/utah/2013/05/13/playworks-sustainers/
Playworks Sustainers. We want to give you the opportunity to join our community in a meaningful, ongoing way. For the first time in Salt Lake City you can join a…
https://www.playworks.org/utah/2013/05/12/playworks-sustainers-2/
Playworks rolls out recess to three additional Houston area school districts
https://www.playworks.org/news/expanding-play-at-recess-in-houston-public-schools/
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) and Playworks recently teamed up to train twelve junior coaches from the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in collaborative leadership. The interactive 2-hour workshop, "Collaborating for Success",…