Since 2009, Playworks Louisiana has partnered with local schools, districts and after-school programs to promote safe and healthy recess on playgrounds, training children on how to interact ...

Jill Vialet is founder and CEO of Playworks, a nonprofit that partners with schools to use recess and play to improve children’s social-emotional learning and experience in school. A recent RAND ...

Jill Vialet is founder and CEO of Playworks, a nonprofit that partners with schools to use recess and play to improve children’s social-emotional learning and experience in school. A recent RAND ...

NORWALK >> A new play program has proven to work so well that the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District has expanded it to the entire district. The district has contracted with an organization ...

Students at the Oregon Islamic Academy enjoy a game of basketball during recess. (The Oregonian/2011) With the new school year underway, kids are getting accustomed to once again spending a lot of ...

Jill Vialet, one of Forbes' Impact 30 in 2011 and founder of the national nonprofit Playworks, takes us inside the organization to look at key financial metrics and the mission it serves. [Jump to ...

Playworks is the leading nonprofit in Utah aiming to transform children's prosocial skills and physical and mental well-being by leveraging the power of play. Desi Arends, Executive Director at ...

You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop.

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. C’mon, kids. Don’t just ...

Georgia Harris has been named as the new executive director for Playworks Arizona, a nonprofit dedicated to coaching youth and providing training and consultation for adults working with children.