Articles tagged “Schools”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Cafeteria Food Revolution By Lauren Howland IN Food & Health Aug 18 2011 Learn what food advocates are doing to help change cafeteria food in public schools. + READ MORE

Our Girls and Boys Need More Exploring the Stars, and Less 'Dancing with the Stars' By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Jul 28 2011 Have you heard of STEM? It's a way to grow our economy, and help the U.S. increase its standing in the scientific world. And it's about time, wouldn't you say? + READ MORE

Donate Sewing Scraps to Schools By NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 31 2011 Kids are back in school, and that means teachers will be looking for cheap or free materials for students to explore art and design. Scraps of fabric as small as tiny squares and triangles left over from quilting can be useful in the classroom. + READ MORE

The Greenest Green Schools Around the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 14 2011 Sustainability is on the rise worldwide, and schools are no exception. From Bali to Brazil, green schools are on the rise, physically and academically. + READ MORE

TED Talk: Bali's Green School Boasts World's Larges Bamboo Building By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Nov 23 2010 After Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth "ruined his life," retired jewelry designer John Hardy decided that he would devote the rest of his days to doing everything he could to improve the prospects of his childrens' future. He started with an incredibly impressive project -- building a green school in Bali that, among giving children a one-of-a-kind ecologically centered education, boasts world's largest freestanding bamboo building. + READ MORE

eGFI: Making Engineering Cool Enough for Kids By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Oct 27 2010 The American Society for Engineering Education reaches out to students - minorities and young women in particular - to get them interested in engineering. + READ MORE

Dear Parents of America: Advice from Ann Cooper, Renegade Lunch Lady, to Improve Your Child's Nutrition By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Oct 12 2010 She says that the beef, dairy, and other lobbies are on the wrong side of these issues, but eventually the public will catch up. In the meantime, here's Ann Cooper's advice for what parents can do to improve what their kids are eating, both in school and out. + READ MORE

Millions of Kids Around the World Walked to School Today By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 6 2010 Walking to school means: creating safer routes, improving the environment, enhancing kids' health, and engaging kids of all abilities. + READ MORE

Campus Kitchens Project: Helping Schools Eliminate Food Waste and Combat Hunger By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 9 2010 The Campus Kitchens Project is doing what it calls a no-brainer: gathering would-be wasted food from school campuses and delivering it to people in the community who need nourishing meals. + READ MORE

Puppeteering for Education: Madrid Festival Builds a School in Bolivia By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 30 2010 58 percent of children in Tacara, Bolivia do not finish primary school because the commute (15 km) is too far -- but that may soon change, thanks to a puppet show in Madrid. + READ MORE

Will the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act Fix School Lunches? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 27 2010 School food in the U.S. has a long way to go, even with the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act looking set for final approval. + READ MORE

The 5 Weirdest Policies That Make School Lunches Unhealthy By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 25 2010 Policies that set nutritional guidelines and control how schools obtain food do not always have child nutrition as the #1 goal. + READ MORE

Take Your Kids To School With Walking Buses, Bicycle Trains, Anything But Cars By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Aug 25 2010 More kids are killed in cars than in any other mode of transportation, yet that is how most of them get to school. What's wrong with this picture? + READ MORE

6 “Crazy” Nutritious Foods to Put in Your Kids' School Lunches By Laurel House IN Food & Health Aug 24 2010 Cookies, PB&J, chips, soda, maybe a box of raisins…. Sounds similar to what you fill your kid’s lunchbox with? Do you really think that chocolate, fat, sugar, and a little fruit is the best mid-day meal to power your child through the rest of the afternoon? Think again. Stuff your child's lunchbox with these "crazy" tasty foods instead. + READ MORE

This NOT That: Lunchbox Replacements for the Worst Junk Foods By Laurel House IN Food & Health Aug 19 2010 There are way too many chubby kids running around these days. And there’s a good chance that you are part of the problem. Parents don’t realize just how influential they are on their kid’s waistline, and therefore health. You might closely monitor what your children eat for dinner, making sure have healthy, organic, balanced meals. But what about what they are chowing down on the rest of the day… like at school? + READ MORE

Backpack Safety Tips for Back-to-School Shopping By Care2.com IN Home & Garden Aug 19 2010 At the top of almost every back-to-school supply list is the backpack. It is a convenient and practical way to carry books, pens, pencils, and other required school supplies while keeping hands free. With all the colors and designs available, some even consider the backpack to be a fun fashion accessory. As helpful and fun as they are, backpacks can also cause pain and injury if not used properly; here are some safety tips for going back to school with a backpack. + READ MORE

Five Cool Programs Making School Lunch Better By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 18 2010 School lunch may be convenient, but it sure isn't doing kids any favors, at least not the way school food options stand now. But plenty of efforts around the country are focused on improving the food available to children. + READ MORE

Public School Teachers Wonder Why They're Being Attacked By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 7 2010 "For all their faults, public schools are at the center of building democracy, community by community, from the ground up." + READ MORE

For Kids, Play Is Life (with video) By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jun 30 2010 "Let's make the world play more!" That's the slogan of the IKEA Playreport. This global research project addresses children, family and play. It conducted over 11,000 interviews in 25 countries, and the Playreport found that 9 out of 10 kids would rather play with their parents and friends than watch TV or use the Internet. + READ MORE

Move Over Plastic Slides, Green Spaces Are the New Playground By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jun 25 2010 One school in Boston fighting nature deficit disorder has replaced the plastic slide and metal jungle gym with a green oasis. + READ MORE