A safe and healthy recess has the potential to drive better student behavior, health, and learning, according to a study from Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University.
"A growing body of evidence now shows that, when it comes to changing schools for the better, recess and play may be one of the most powerful and underutilized tools we have." - Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF President and CEO
See how RWJF grantee Playworks transforms recess and play into a positive experience that helps kids get the most out of every learning opportunity throughout the school day.
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RWJF is committed to tackling one of the most urgent threats to the health of our children and families—childhood obesity. Our goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.
September 17, 2012 | Story
Susanne N. James-Burdumy, PhD, Associate Director of Research at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., leads the random assignment evaluation of Playworks, a program that uses play to promote physical activity and youth development in schools.
February 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
RWJF commissioned a first-of-its-kind Gallup poll of 1,951 principals in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals and Playworks, a Vulnerable Populations grantee.
October 3, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers in the Boston University Department of Environmental Health conducted a case study of the Boston Schoolyard Initiative, a project that provides funds and technical support to community groups dedicated to renovating schoolyards in Boston.
Children can accumulate up to 40% of their total daily physical activity during recess Providing recess during the school day helps increase physical activity and improve academic performance among children. Children at high risk for obesity are lea ...
January 17, 2013 | News Release
Requiring daily physical education in school could help young people be active for 23 minutes per day, according to a new study.