Education Week

Academic Pressure is Driving—and Preventing—The Return to Play in Kindergarten

It’s been eight years since New Hampshire lawmakers, sounding the alarm on the “academization” of kindergarten, amended ...
Education Week

9 Steps for Early-Grade Teachers to Make Play Part of Learning

Kimberly Nesbitt has studied extensively how young children’s cognitive development can be accelerated in learning ...
Hartford Courant

Play-based learning is now a law in CT. What that means for kids, parents and educators.

Connecticut teachers want you to know that “play-based learning” is not an oxymoron. For years child development and education experts have praised the benefits of play-based learning — a pedagogy ...
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Illinois lawmakers define play-based learning as full-day kindergarten requirement rolls out statewide

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. For six weeks, Melinda Martinez-Epperson’s ...
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Parent petition leads Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to launch play-based learning pilot

Pilot program coming to 7 schools in the fall: What to know ...
KQED

Gamification Fatigue? Try Game-Based Learning

When classrooms went online in 2020 during the pandemic, gamified learning opportunities grew as a quick and easy way to evaluate the general learning that was happening from student to student.
KCCI Des Moines

Lawmakers consider requiring more play-based learning for Iowa's youngest students

IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. A BILL AT THE STATEHOUSE COULD CHANGE WHAT THE SCHOOL DAY LOOKS LIKE FOR IOWA’S YOUNGEST STUDENTS. IT WOULD REQUIRE TIME FOR PLAY BASED ...
MyJoyOnline

Ministry of Education expands play-based learning programme across public kindergartens in Ghana

The Ministry of Education, Ghana, together with development partners Sabre Education, Lively Minds, and Right to Play, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening early childhood education through ...