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Recess Checkup

December 03, 2018

One of Playworks’ most popular tools to-date is the Recess Checkup, a short 3-5 minute online quiz designed to help educators identify strengths and surface areas for improvement on their playground. 

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Playworks

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

Recess Lab

December 03, 2018

With more than 20 years of experience working with elementary schools, Playworks launched Recess lab to support principals, teachers and other school staff to rediscover the power of play.  Schools with a healthy culture of play see fewer fights, fewer injuries, and fewer trips to the principal’s office - and students com back to class ready to learn.

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places, Effective Education, A Healthy Start

channels: Health and Wellness, Thriving

SOURCE: Playworks

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools

November 26, 2018

Promote a healthy learning environment at your school to reduce absenteeism, improve test scores and enhance student and staff productivity.

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places

channels: Health and Wellness

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

America’s Promise Alliance Launches ‘Every School Healthy’ Campaign to Fuel Movement to Create Healthy Schools Across the Country

November 15, 2018

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation's largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, today announced the launch of the ‘Every School Healthy’ campaign to create healthy and safe schools where all young people can thrive.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, Caring Adults

channels: Health and Wellness

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

Press Release Type: Press Release

Podcast: Health Centers & Schools Uniting for Young Students’ Success

November 09, 2018

Many health centers across the country are building partnerships with schools to expand access to quality care and address the powerful social, environmental, and economic conditions that unjustly influence health outcomes of low-income children and adolescents in their communities.

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: A Healthy Start

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: The National Assocation of Community Health Centers

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

Creating Policies to Support Healthy Schools: Policymaker, Educator, and Student Perspectives

October 23, 2018

Initiatives focused on improving aspects of students’ well-being in schools—such as addressing childhood obesity, preventing bullying, and restricting schools’ use of exclusionary discipline—are gaining momentum. However, such efforts are often implemented in silos, without recognition of their interconnections. To advance the common goal of improving social, health, and academic outcomes for all students, coordinated efforts that integrate multiple components of healthy school environments are needed.

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start

channels: Social and Emotional Learning, Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Child Trends

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

Advocates Set New Goal to Graduate 90 Percent of Homeless Students by 2030, Enroll 60 Percent in College by 2034

March 05, 2018

Homelessness (ICPH), Civic Enterprises and America’s Promise Alliance launched Education Leads Home, a first-of-its-kind national campaign focused exclusively on addressing the needs of the 1.3 million homeless students enrolled in America’s public schools.

Type: Press Release

promises: Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Opportunities to Help Others

channels: Special Populations

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

When Youth Feel Unsafe: Brief Insights on the Cognitive and Academic Effects of Exposure to Violence

February 22, 2018

This Point of View brief from the Center for Promise provides research insights on a particularly timely topic - violence in America's schools - that is impacting young people in America. Learn more about this topic by reading this brief

Type: Resource

TAG: Gun Safety, Safe Schools, Mental Health, Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy

Action Platform: School Climate

America’s Promise Alliance Announces New Healthy Schools Fund

November 13, 2017

Washington, D.C. – America’s Promise Alliance, the nation's largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, is extending the America's Promise Healthy Schools Fund to communities working to create healthier school environments for all children.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Funding Opportunities, Family Engagement

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start, Safe Places, Caring Adults

channels: Health and Wellness

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

Press Release Type: Press Release

Healthy Schools Research

September 01, 2017

When schools are a healthy environment to learn and grow, we have a better chance of raising a generation of strong and vibrant students who are prepared to succeed in life.

Type: Resource

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign