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Embracing a Different Approach: How Some St. Louis School Districts are Connecting Health, Education

January 02, 2019

A recent situation involving a first-grade student in the University City School District prompted teachers and administrators to consider an unconventional approach. Rather than immediately focus on any instruction or behavior in the classroom, the district sought to provide the student and his family with basic needs – a trip to the doctor, food and toiletry items.

Type: News

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

Youth Speak Out at the Atlantic Education Summit

May 21, 2018

“I’ve always thought that we need to prepare our students for the world, but I’m learning so quickly that we need to prepare the world for our students,” said Christina Cody, a science teacher and founder of the youth health initiative FIT2gether, at the recent Atlantic Education Summit.

Type: News

TAG: Safe Schools, Healthy Schools, Youth Voice

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

A Powerful Generation

April 04, 2018

Though students at Thurgood Marshall Academy see the recent March for Our Lives rally as a symbolic moment, they know that long-term change takes time. After all, their school gets its name from the man who helped make school segregation illegal and challenged the separate but equal doctrine on which it stood for more than half a century.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Voice, Safe Schools, Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy

‘The Main Issue Trans Students Face’

August 22, 2017

When 19-year-old Henry Seaton was in high school, he wasn’t allowed to use either the women's restroom or the men's restroom. He had to use the nurse’s restroom instead, which the school thought was the best way to keep him from being bullied. At first, Seaton agreed with the administration. But he now has a different perspective.

Type: News

TAG: Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

Barriers to Wellness

November 29, 2016

This report provides new insights into the obstacles to wellness young people of color face in five cities and brings young people’s voices and views into the discussion about what affects their health and wellness.

Type: Report

TAG: English Learners

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

channels: Social and Emotional Learning, Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign, Youth Voice: Racial Justice