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Curriculum for change: Addressing students’ social and emotional needs

January 15, 2019

A new report released today, From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope, helps answer the question: “How do we as a country shift from focusing purely on academics to fostering young people’s social and emotional growth, too?”

Type: Opinion

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

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

St. Louis: A hub for building healthier schools for learning

January 14, 2019

How do you build systems that naturally incorporate physical and emotional wellness into learning? What types of conversations motivate people in different roles in a school community to understand that health is an important part of educational success?

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

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

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

Community Leader Spotlight with Tanya Tucker from America’s Promise

November 26, 2018

Tanya’s work with America’s Promise began in 2005 directing the planning and execution of professional development events designed to encourage greater focus and collaboration within communities to see that all young people receive the Five Promises.

Type: News

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Edutopia - How Learning Happens Video Series

November 16, 2018

This video series, featuring Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of Learning Policy Institute, and Pamela Cantor, MD, founder and senior science advisor of Turnaround for Children, pairs research insights with a variety of illustrative strategies from schools, all grounded in the science of human learning and development. 

Type: Resource

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

channels: Social and Emotional Learning

SOURCE: Edutopia

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens

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

New Report Identifies Policy Opportunities to Build Healthier Schools

November 14, 2018

One major challenge to achieving a higher baseline of student health across U.S. schools? According to advocates, it’s that federal and state policymakers respond to particular moments of public crisis by passing narrow and targeted measures rather than considering the whole child.

Type: News

TAG: Healthy Schools

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

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

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