Aerial photos of the Bethune schoolyard in Philadelphia. The Trust for Public Land teamed up with local partners to revamp the schoolyard, transforming it from nearly an acre of asphalt to a ...

As extreme heat worsens, schools nationwide are increasingly replacing asphalt playgrounds with green, cooler spaces.

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. Some have native plants to ...

Overbrook Elementary third graders are working to turn their asphalt schoolyard into a community green space Overbrook students spend recess in a bare-bones concrete yard. Now, they’re working with ...

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 the ...

Parkville High School closed Tuesday due to an asphalt truck fire that occurred outside the school building, according to Baltimore County Public Schools.

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 ...

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. Some have native plants to ...

For now, the schoolyard at Samuel Clemens School in Milwaukee is a large slab of asphalt with a few basketball hoops in the corner. The only shade cover is provided by a row of trees near the ...

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 ...