The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
Tag, You're Healthy! (MarketWatch, 9/17/08)
September 17, 2008
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HFRP conducted observations, interviews, and surveys with teachers, the principal, students, and the program site coordinator at one Boston elementary school to evaluate whether Sports4Kids was implemented as planned and achieved its intended outcomes.
A press release from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced their $18 million dollar investment in improving children's health and well being by increasing organized physical activity during recess. The Johnson Foundation is teaming up with Sports4Kids, a nonprofit program that places trained coaches on school playgrounds to lead activities designed to increase teamwork and leadership and decrease conflict.
The article mentions HFRP's evaluation of the Sports4Kids program at a Boston elementary school, which found a link between students' participation in Sports4Kids playground activities and in-class behavior.
Excerpt from the article:
"Further research by the Harvard Family Research Project, which tracked Sports4Kids at a Boston elementary school over the course of one year, found 83 percent of teachers said that student classroom behavior improved and 91 percent found kids more cooperative."