They’re flat, one-story campuses that offer little shade from buildings or trees. On a 93-degree day in the San Fernando Valley, researchers have recorded school asphalt temperatures of 145 degrees.

School districts, cities and states are increasingly taking up the cause, spurred by research showing that asphalt play areas — many of which were installed decades ago — magnify the health ...

School districts, cities and states are increasingly taking up the cause, spurred by research showing that asphalt play areas — many of which were installed decades ago — magnify the health ...

"If a school yard is dark asphalt and rubber or artificial turf, or concrete and there's not much shade or vegetation, then yes, you will end up seeing that those pop out on urban [heat] maps ...

The bare hot asphalt schoolyard of the American past is getting a redo. The schoolyard of the future has trees to play under, or canvas canopies to shade a climbing gym.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! At West Philly’s Overbrook Elementary School, a group of third graders recently spent ...

At West Philly’s Overbrook Elementary School, a group of third graders recently spent part of the morning outside in their asphalt schoolyard. Split into groups and holding printed maps of ...

Chittick Elementary School students and nearby residents lacked access to nearby public green space, and with increasingly hot summers, the black asphalt playground often became unbearably hot and ...

School districts, cities and states are increasingly taking up the cause, spurred by research showing that asphalt play areas - many of which were installed decades ago - magnify the health risks ...