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Playworks in Washington, D.C.

Playworks launched programming in six schools in the nation's capital in the fall of 2006. During the 2010-2011 school year, we will serve 18 schools in Washington, D.C., bringing play to around 7500 students every day. Play works, and principals rave about the impact Playworks is having - both on and off the playground.

D.C.'s Brad Riley

Last year I had a student, Clinton, who was pretty challenging. He had some attitude issues, and was constantly put on the fence by his teachers because of something he did in class or at lunch. He could be disrespectful to other kids, didn’t want to participate in games and was hard to get through to. He had some discipline problems, and I was sometimes asked to take him out of class to talk with him.