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December 2009/January 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 4
Health and Learning
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Vital Connections
Marge Scherer
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Finding Our Way Back to Healthy Eating: A Conversation with David A. Kessler
Amy M. Azzam
Author and pediatrician David Kessler talks about our obsession with fat, sugar, and salt—and what it is doing to our kids. Listen online.
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Good Food in the City
Anthony Geraci
Baltimore City School District improved its "cafeteria food" with some far-reaching farm-to-school innovations.
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Those Persistent Gaps
Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley
Inequitable school conditions are just part of the problem. Poor nutrition, lead poisoning, and too much TV watching also negatively influence achievement.
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Do Our Kids Have Nature-Deficit Disorder?
Richard Louv
A garden, a park, a woods—all can be places to find wholeness, health—and learning.
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Coordinated School Health: Getting It All Together
Joyce V. Fetro, Connie Givens and Kellie Carroll
The Tennessee story shows what can be accomplished when a state makes health a priority.
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Taking Charge of School Wellness
David Satcher
A former surgeon general lays out the scope of student health concerns and describes how schools can take action.
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Sleep: The E-ZZZ Intervention
Christi A. Bergin and David A. Bergin
Memory, self-control, speed of thinking? Enough sleep can make all the difference.
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Helping Self-Harming Students
Matthew D. Selekman
What fuels the self-harming behaviors among adolescents today?
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Success with Less Stress
Jerusha Conner, Denise Pope and Mollie Galloway
Students confirm that schoolwork is a number-one stressor. Here's what lowers students' anxiety and boosts their learning.
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Why We Should Not Cut PE
Stewart G. Trost and Hans van der Mars
Research documents the link between physical activity and school performance.
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Saving Marvin Sweettooth
Shannon O'Grady
Students learned a lot about nutrition when they debated how to help a fictitious 13-year-old with a very real problem.
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A Place for Healthy Risk-Taking
Laura Warner
This wellness program prompts adolescents encountering challenges to reach beyond their initial reaction of "I just can't do that."
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A Bully-Free School
Wendy W. Murawski, Jennifer Lockwood, Abbie Khalili and Adrienne Johnston
A middle school finds that lunch clubs, tolerance exercises, and class discussions about diversity build a healthier school culture.
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Health Care for All
Cesar Loya
A school starts a 100-percent campaign with the aim to find needed health care for all of its families.
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First Steps to a Healthier School
Renée Jeffrey
Simple changes in routine energize kids on the playground and in the classroom.
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How We Fight Teen Drinking
Jim Roberts
A rural school district tackles alcohol abuse with a Choices program.
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Departments
The Art and Science of Teaching / When Students Track Their Progress
Robert J. Marzano
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What Research Says About. . . / School Meals and Learning
Jane L. David
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The Principal Connection / Principal as Parachute
Thomas R. Hoerr
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Digitally Speaking / A Digital Bridge to Homebound Students
William M. Ferriter
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ASCD Community in Action
What readers say about EL and news of ASCD's Healthy School Initiative.
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Bits From the Blog
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Online Only
Silence Is Golden
Judith Gaston Fisher
A teacher helps her students step back from constant activity and calm their minds.
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How to Teach Students About the Brain
Judy Willis
An ASCD author, teacher, and neurologist describes what contributes to an optimally functioning brain.
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Beyond 20/20
Pete Hall and Leanne Liddicoat
An undiagnosed vision disorder can clearly leave a child behind.
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Partners in Health
Jacqueline Zeller, Suzanne Costello and Christina E. Nikitopoulos
How a mental health program and a school connect families to resources.
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Book Review
Jennifer Singleton
Confronting Cyber-Bullying by Shaheen Shariff
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EL Study Guide
Teresa Preston
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Copyright © 2009 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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