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Co-designing school playgrounds with elementary students

Student design team shares their vision for the play space at Fall Creek Elementary School. Photo Credit: Provided
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Read the full story by Olivia Hall in the Cornell Chronicle.

What if children could design their own playgrounds? At Fall Creek Elementary School in Ithaca, this idea is coming to life through a community-engaged learning initiative led by Janet Loebach, the Evalyn Edwards Milman Professor in Child Development in the College of Human Ecology. The project unites students, designers and educators across generations to reimagine a play space that fosters creativity, inclusion and active play. In recognition of her work, Loebach has received this year’s George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award.