Jack O’Connell, California’s state superintendent of public instruction, is visiting schools to encourage them to stress that students should protect themselves from the flu by washing their hands with soap, covering mouths and noses when they cough or sneeze, and staying home if sick. Artwork to help schools spread the message is online at www.cde.ca.gov.
A version of this article appeared in the December 01, 2004 edition of Education Week