Healthy schools
After streamlining its annual survey to get clearer, more direct answers, NYC got feedback from more than 357,000 students. Here are key takeaways from the newest questions.
Summer EBT provides eligible families with $120 per child in grocery money when school is out. But 35% didn’t redeem it last year, state data shows.
Last year, New York families left $62 million in food benefits unspent. State officials are ramping up outreach and sending new cards to help eligible families claim $120 per child.
A parent-led initiative in Manhattan’s District 6 is getting 38 elementary and middle schools to swap devices for community activities and outdoor play.
JC Hall turned his own survival into a career and a program that's changing lives in the South Bronx.
Rates of some childhood immunizations in New York City are starting to lag. A City Council plan tasks the health department and schools with educating parents about the importance and safety of the shots.
Sabra Sowell-Lovejoy was one of 22 semifinalists for the 2026 Colorado Teacher of the Year award.
Healthbeat revealed last month that state public health officials were hamstrung over the winter holiday break in their efforts to quickly warn and quarantine students and staff who had been exposed.
With schools closed for winter break, health officials couldn’t get critical information to identify and warn those exposed to measles of the need to quarantine.
Newark Public Schools and other districts could see upgrades to their buildings under a new bill proposed by Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz that would ask voters to authorize state bonds.
As part of her upcoming State of the State, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand the Teen Mental Health First Aid course to 10th graders across New York.
The Supreme Court wants a lower court to take a second look at New York’s school vaccine mandate in light of the Mahmoud decision. New York is among several states that removed religious exemptions in the face of disease outbreaks.
Winchester Elementary School opened its food pantry in March. The government shutdown means more Memphis families are going to the school for food.
Colorado received about $6 million annually in SNAP-Ed funding. The program allows states to teach students and families about healthy eating and living habits.
Solar panels and electric school buses reduce schools’ carbon emissions and energy costs and also have benefits for student health.
With just days left for NYC families to claim $120 per child in summer food benefits, millions of dollars are going unclaimed as the Sept. 4 application deadline looms.
New standards for school lunches and hospital meals include a ban on processed meats and restrictions on artificial colors, additives, and preservatives.
Twenty-four Memphis schools recently reported high lead levels in their water. The local health department says all students should be tested to avoid behavioral and learning effects.
With President Trump calling for the return of the test, these teachers told us what should be on it and whether it’s even a good idea.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority banned alcohol advertising in 2018, amid concerns about underage drinking. Extensive research shows that alcohol ads drive consumption, particularly for young people.