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The New York Times
By Tara Parker-Pope
February 23, 2009
The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it. New research suggests that play and down time may be as important…
Education Week
By Sean Cavanagh
January 30, 2009
Can a kickball game help transform the climate of a school? That playground activity and other informal “classic games,” such as four-square and tag, can promote student health, as well…
HealthDay and The Washington Post
By Amanda Gardner
January 26, 2009
As a pediatric resident in a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Romina M. Barros sat in on a regular first-grade class at a local elementary school. Classes started at 8:30…
San Francisco Chronicle
By Jill Tucker
The sound of laughing children playing tag or hide-and-seek isn't often heard on the streets of Richmond's notorious Iron Triangle. Gunshots are too common, producing an unexpected casualty: Some kids…
December 10, 2008
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Principal Magazine
By Jill Vialet
November 12, 2008
Ask any elementary school principal what the toughest part of the day is, and most will answer with one word: recess. That’s because recess is when most trouble starts.
September 17, 2008
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Post
By Bill Turque
Brearn Wright Jr. remembers recess during his first year as principal of Clark Elementary School in Petworth as "like a MASH unit." "Recess time was the time the school nurse…
Voice of America May 7, 2008
By Maria Hickey
May 7, 2008
Play seems to come naturally to children. But in many American cities, kids are spending less and less time outdoors or playing organized sports. So, Sports4Kids is reintroducing basic games…
