Healthy schools
"Yo de hecho estoy luchando por mantener a mi familia,” dijo una madre. “Nos decepcionaron.”
The public school district rehired Mary Bennett and Raymond Lindgren to consult on career and technical education programs and to support ongoing school construction projects.
The program is a rare example of a pandemic-era program that Congress has made permanent. But delays in many states have left families scrambling.
The state’s Schools Development Authority is in the early stages of building the new high school in the South Ward and demolishing Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School.
Superintendent Roger León says 33 of Newark’s oldest schools need replacements. He estimates more than $2 billion is needed for all repairs and upgrades.
Among the grant recipients are 21 Colorado school districts, seven charter schools, and one youth residential treatment center.
As pandemic-era waivers ended, many students lost access to free school meals. But a new state law aims to supplement federal meal assistance.
School leaders say facilities spending will help with academics and engagement in the long run. But the decision also left them less pandemic money to spend on learning loss.
The state school board association would help districts obtain electric school buses under a proposed bill that recently advanced out of committee.
Fewer high school students are vaping and drinking alcohol, but marijuana use has held steady.
‘Don’t Wait’ follows three young women as they fight for environmental justice, the removal of school police, and access to arts education. Each activist takes her own path to achieve change.
The program will prioritize collaborations between school districts and community organizations.
In P.S. Weekly’s food episode, fourth graders visit NYC schools’ test kitchen, high schoolers rate grilled cheese sandwiches, and students dish on having microwave access.
Many states have rules to protect student athletes during extreme heat but not children during recess. The family of a 12-year-old who died after running in the heat wants to change that.
Before the pandemic, at least 137 schools serving roughly 70,000 students did not have a school nurse, according to one estimate.
As childhood hunger is on the rise, New York City is scaling up a program for schools to donate food directly to families in need or to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens.
“I work in school nutrition to feed kids, not trash cans,” a dietitian testified at a legislative hearing last week.
The three-minute computer-generated video, created by an anti-abortion group, has drawn concern from major medical organizations and sparked controversy in state legislatures in Tennessee and elsewhere.
Framed in the rhetoric of choice, Tennessee’s new law governing childhood vaccinations is among more than a dozen recently passed or pending nationwide that set parental freedom against community and children’s health.
“Nos dimos cuenta de que realmente podríamos lograr un cambio si nos esforzábamos de corazón”, dijo Niko Peterson, uno de los amigos de McKinney que ayudó a escribir el proyecto de ley.