Education Support Professionals Learn New Ways to Boost Kids’ Nutrition
By Cindy Long Vicki Hughes, the food service director at McLean County Schools in Calhoun, Ky., works hard to make meals more healthy and nutritious. Her schools have made the switch to low-fat milk...
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Top Eight Challenges Teachers Face This School Year
Contents1. All those kids!!2. Turning on technology3. Cyberbullying4. NCLB5. Parent involvement6. Your salary7. Getting healthy8. Finding the fundingBy Mary Ellen Flannery With teacher bashing all the...
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The Latest on Getting Healthy Munches in School Lunches
By Meredith Barnett Mystery meat has left the building. In school lunchrooms across the country, students are filling their cafeteria trays with more fresh produce and award-winning nutritional entrees...
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NEA-Backed Child Nutrition Bill Passes Congress
By Meredith Barnett Today, the NEA-supported “Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act” passed the House of Representatives in a 264-157 vote. The bill, which the Senate unanimously passed in August, expands...
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President Signs Into Law NEA-Backed Child Nutrition Legislation
By Cynthia McCabe and Felix Perez Legislation that will help ensure all students have access to healthier meals got the signature of President Obama today, marking the culmination of months of work by...
View ArticleLet’s Move! Campaign Celebrates a Year of Healthier School Lunches
By Cindy Long It’s been one year since First Lady Michelle Obama urged schools to serve healthier meals as part of her Let’s Move! Campaign to fight childhood obesity, and school lunches are already...
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House of Representatives Slashes Education for Low-Income Kids
By Mary Ellen Flannery Almost 200,000 of this nation’s neediest children would lose their slots in Head Start programs, if U.S. Senators opt to approve a draconian federal budget passed by House...
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Healthier Lunches Coming to Schools
By John Rosales New standards for school meals released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help ensure healthy nutritious food served to every public school student in an effort...
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Removing Health Barriers to Student Learning
By Tim Walker One of the few education issues where you can find almost universal consensus is the connection between student health and the capacity to learn. The conditions for health and well-being...
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Child Hunger in Schools a Growing Problem
By Ava Wallace Every day in classrooms nationwide, students struggle to concentrate or lose valuable instruction time on visits to the school nurse with headaches and stomach aches. Share Our Strength,...
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Report: Teachers Spend $37 Every Month to Help Feed Hungry Students
By Tim Walker Two recent reports highlight a sobering fact about the nation’s children as they return to school: too many of them are arriving without access to enough healthy food. According to the...
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New Program Brings More Healthy Meals to High Poverty Schools
By John Rosales It is an unusual pairing of words: food secure. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this means to “have access to enough food for an active, healthy life.” Unfortunately,...
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