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The latest news about student health, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Students climb on new playground equipment at Bennett Elementary School last fall in Bennett, Colo. The town is taking advantage of federal grants to help improve the physical fitness of its citizens, investing in new playground equipment, city beautification, and signs that promote healthy activity.
—Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/AP-File

Groups Offer Ways for Feds to Improve Student Well-Being

Recommendations include appointing new federal staff members to shepherd school health efforts and undoing Medicaid red tape so schools can be reimbursed for health services. (May 11, 2012)

Spotlight on the Flu and Schools

When fears of the H1N1 flu were in the air, schools were under more pressure than ever to get their crisis management plans in good order—and quickly, which is the focus of this Spotlight.

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Finding Common Ground Blog

05/24 06:01 am | Professional Development with Andy Hargreaves | "Many professional learning communities can be horrifically stilted caricatures of what they are really supposed to be." Andy Hargreaves In a perfect world educators would ...

Schooled in Sports Blog

05/25 08:38 am | Debate Surfaces on Place of High School Athletics | From guest blogger Hannah Rose Sacks Are high school athletics a thing of the past? Former college basketball coach Len Stevens believes so. Stevens believes high school ...

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When Cyberbullying Spills Into School
Much of students' social lives outside school takes place online, but bullying in cyberworld can have just as much of an impact as traditional face-to-face bullying.

PD Sourcebook

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Commentary
Push Back High School Start Times
The high school day should start later for public health and learning reasons, Terra Ziporyn Snider says.
May 15, 2012 - Education Week
Mass. Students Can Have Their Cake and Sell It, Too
“We’re liberating bake sales,” Senate President Therese Murray proclaimed , “It’s so silly. Imagine banning bake sales? It’s bureaucracy gone a little crazy.”
May 11, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
Groups Offer Ways for Feds to Improve Student Well-Being
Recommendations include appointing new federal staff members to shepherd school health efforts and undoing Medicaid red tape so schools can be reimbursed for health services.
May 11, 2012 | Updated: May 15, 2012 - Education Week
Commentary
Education and the Path to a Sexually Healthy Nation
Options for federally funded sex education programs must expand, four advocates write.
May 8, 2012 - Education Week
Commentary
Why Bother With Recess?
Recess is a valuable component of a child's time in school, a time when students can collect themselves, recharge their batteries, and challenge themselves in a different setting.
May 8, 2012 - Education Week
Districts Draw the Line on School Meal Debt
Faced with mounting debt from unpaid lunches, cash-strapped districts are starting to take action against nonpayers.
May 8, 2012 - Education Week
Vt. Debates Letting Parents Say No to Vaccines
April 23, 2012 - AP
High School Football Brain Injuries Increasing
Catastrophic brain injuries among high school football players appear to be increasing.
April 17, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
FOCUS ON: RECESS
Study Weighs Benefits of Organizing Recess
Researchers found that a structured approach to managing recess led to less bullying and more time for learning.
April 17, 2012 - Education Week
P.E. Found on Decline, Sports Opportunities Rising
But experts caution that the data from a federal survey were gathered before the bottom fell out of the nation's economy.
March 27, 2012 - Education Week

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