Healthy Schools Program Forum
August 6, 2009 | Book
Honors from the 2009 Awards Program.
Schools Pre-K Through 12
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Local Wellness Policies
July 1, 2009 | Evaluation
Assessing School District Strategies for Improving Children's Health 2006–07 and 2007–08.
How Schools Can Raise Money Without Unhealthy Vending Contracts and Fundraisers
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
The Center for Science in the Public Interest analyzed the economic impact of school vending machine contracts and identified alternative fund-raising methods that do not compromise student health.
Awards for Heroes Who Create Healthy Schools
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
The National Dairy Council developed the Healthy School Heroes Awards, through which 27 individuals received public recognition for exemplary work to create health-promoting schools in 2002.
Preventing Childhood Obesity
January 1, 2009 | Toolkit
The guide offers the latest policy updates and recommendations about how to promote physical education and activity and healthy eating policies in schools.
Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously
December 9, 2008 | News Release
New poll reveals that parents see school playground as key to helping kids stay physically active, focused in the classroom.
Can Tag Help Schools Teach?
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning, according to new evaluation findings from Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University.
A Poll About Children and Weight
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
Healthy Schools Program Shows Impact
October 22, 2012 | Feature
The 2012 Healthy Schools Program forum honored 251 schools for their achievements and released results from a four-year evaluation of the program.
Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods
November 19, 2012 | Program Result
The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.