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cleves

An Apple A Day Is Not Enough!! - 2 views

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health and education.

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  • cleves on 26 Mar 11
     
    healthy students make wealthy earners and not to mention better learners
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  • Andrea Dorsey on 27 Mar 11
     
    i LOVED this video. It was so well crafted and got its point across. I am a big advocated of health, and i do believe that healthier children are smarter children, on both sides of the spectrum. Poverty stricken children who do not get enough to eat do poorly in school. But at the same time, overweight children who crave sugars and fats also do poorly in school. There needs to be a balance of healthy children so that our schools can discover our children's potential. On average children eat 1/3 of their meals at school, so why not make them healthy lunches? Instead some schools don't feed their kids enough, and others feed them too much unhealthy food. Why can't we find a happy medium so that everyone can benefit?
  • Caitie Tighe on 27 Mar 11
     
    This video was really good! I think that a lot of eating habits are learned..if parents don't like a certain food, it's unlikely they will prepare and serve it to their children. Likewise, if parents aren't eating healthily, it's likely that their children aren't eating optimal diets either. Just as we're seeing an increase in obesity and related health conditions in adult populations, the mirror image will be seen in young populations, which is perhaps more unsettling as they have their whole lives ahead of them.
  • M Daniela Novoa on 28 Mar 11
     
    The video was great! I like how they call eating healthier a "skill", I think is very true. Yesterday I saw a family eating at Steak n' Shake at 3am...I think that any kind of learning needs to be reinforced by the parents.
  • Leslie Hall on 28 Mar 11
     
    Awesome video, and loved how it talked about creating new solutions to old problems. This brings up so many points about health, but the main part I took from this was the impact that individual health can have on the global future. What a HUGE (pun intended!) problem we in America are creating with our bad health habits. I loved how this video didn't focus on how sad it is that our children don't get proper nutrition, but more so on the way that we have failed to set an example for our children.
  • Rachel Manko on 29 Mar 11
     
    Loved this! Although, I'm a little convicted of my own health habits myself. I think this was an excellent portrayal of how health starts in the home, but it's also something teachers should emphasize in their class room. Health is a shared responsibility that must be passed onto children. I also like that the video expresses it as a skill. It's definitely something that we must work toward. I know I'm still working. I agree with a lot of things posted above me. Thanks for sharing this!
cleves

Health Problems Fuel Achievement Gaps, Study Says - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...25health.h29.html

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  • cleves on 29 Mar 11
     
    If educators and federal officials are serious about closing academic-achievement gaps, they need to better coordinate efforts to address the health disparities that impede learning for students from disadvantaged groups, according to a study released last week. -CLICK ON LINK TO SEE THE STUDY.
cleves

Breakfast in the Classroom - 0 views

www.breakfastintheclassroom.org/reakfast-in-the-classroom.html

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  • cleves on 28 Mar 11
     
    There are more than 25 million children in our nation's elementary and middle schools, many of whom come to school hungry. What happens next is heartbreaking. Their attention spans shorten. Their energy levels plummet. Their productivity wanes. Learning suffers. Lives suffer.
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  • jeff banks on 28 Mar 11
     
    Breakfast in the classroom seems like a great initiative. It is amazing that there is that many children around the country that go hungry. So many people do not realize the struggles that so many children go through everyday. These things can have a huge impact on their success in the classroom.
  • Jessica Nogues on 29 Mar 11
     
    It's incredible how we spend so much time focusing our efforts on reforms in the education system (by no means am I implying that this is unnecessary), yet we fail to address a child's basic needs. By depriving children of adequate health care, nutrition, and a comfortable environment, how can we ever expect them to reach their potential?
  • Jenna Rocklein on 29 Mar 11
     
    I think it's great that this article points out how breakfast is important to our health- nutritionally and educationally. Many people think that it's okay to skip breakfast and there wont be any 'side effects' but they're very wrong. Skipping a meal won't help you lose weight and actually does the opposite. Studies have shown that skipping breakfast (or eating very little) will cause you to eat more throughout the day because you get hungry faster. How are children supposed to focus in schools and remain healthy if they are deprived a healthy meal in the morning?
Lauren Tripp

Child Abuse In Corporate Education Reform: I Cannot Feed You, But I Will Test You - 1 views

pegwithpen.blogspot.com/...se-in-corporate-education.html

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shared by Lauren Tripp on 26 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • we can protect our children from poverty by feeding them, providing them with health care, a clean environment and school classrooms and libraries filled with books.
  • Lauren Tripp on 26 Mar 11
     
    So, here's the plan: ditch the standardized tests, use NAEP instead, and spend those billions of dollars on food, health care, gardens, and books. Okay, education problem solved. Well done, Peg!
  • Andrea Dorsey on 27 Mar 11
     
    This article really moved me. After reading the Kozol article in class i was very disturbed by the living conditions of the families in East St. Louis. And this article only exacerbated my feelings. I find it incredible that America, the country of opportunity and prosperity, "neglects" its children in such a way that does not allow them to have either of those things. Ms. Peggy made so many valid points about the inefficiency of standardized tests and i strongly agree with her. It angers me that innocent children are not receiving the same education across the country, and worse, our government thinks that standardized tests are the solution to this problem. How can our government be so heartless?
cleves

Illinois' Northeast Elementary Magnet School Prioritizes School Health and Achieves Gol... - 0 views

www.healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx

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  • cleves on 26 Mar 11
     
    The students who raised the most money were rewarded with getting to make a "human salad." The music teacher sat in a plastic swimming pool and let students dump lettuce, croutons and salad dressing (all products that were expired and donated) all over him. "We had heard about schools making human sundaes but we were not interested in that; we wanted a healthy salad! The kids were so excited," said McIntire. Healthy messages are even integrated in the school's yearbook and music recitals. Last spring the music teacher made sure that every song performed was related to healthy living. Students serenaded their audience with songs about eating vegetables and brushing teeth. The yearbook's cover title was "Let's Get Healthy," and featured healthy tips and ideas throughout the book.
Lauren Tripp

Children need food, health care, and books. Not new standards and tests. - 1 views

blogs.edweek.org/...en_krashen_fix_poverty_an.html

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shared by Lauren Tripp on 26 Mar 11 - Cached
  • To summarize: What should schools focus on first? Food, health care, and books. Not on new standards and tests.
  • Lauren Tripp on 26 Mar 11
     
    Here's the original article on which the previous blog post was based.
  • Andrea Dorsey on 27 Mar 11
     
    While reading this article, i found myself agreeing with almost all of what Krashen was saying. Poverty does effect student learning. Fortunately for me, i never had to experience going to school hungry or sick. I always had books available to me in my school library and a school nurse present in case anyone got sick. I cannot imagine what it feels like to go to school without these basic things, nor do i want 25% of american children to go either. It's no wonder that students who live in poverty do worse in school. What is even more heart wrenchings is the fact that our government only cares of how well its country does internationally. What the government doesn't realize is that if it helps to reduce poverty, our children will be able to learn more efficiently and then it can get the international ranking it wants so badly. Until our government starts caring about our hungry children that go to school and not how the United States ranks internationally in education, then we cannot improve.
cleves

Food Fight: Web Watch - 1 views

blogs.edweek.org/...food_fight_1.html

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    When we first heard the term "Food Revolution," we weren't exactly sure what that meant. Did a lazy Susan suddenly start spinning out of control? Was ketchup attempting a hostile takeover to dethrone salsa as top condiment? But then, with world-renowned chef and best-selling author Jamie Oliver's name attached, we knew it was going to be all about "good food." Check out Jamie Oliver's: FOOD REVOLUTION http://abc.go.com/shows/jamie-olivers-food-revolution/about-the-show
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  • cleves on 29 Mar 11
     
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYs4KS_djg check out this video. It's crazy how children don't even know the difference between a tomato and a potato!!
  • Lauren Tripp on 29 Mar 11
     
    I love Jaime Oliver!
  • Rachel Manko on 30 Mar 11
     
    Oh my goodness. That video is shocking.
  • cleves on 30 Mar 11
     
    Results from his Food Revolution in Greenwich. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/29/jamie-oliver-school-dinners-meals Just by changing food: absences and illness decreased by 15% in ONE year!!! GO OLIVER :) sign the food revolution at ABC.com
Alexa Rose

"Shadowy Lines that Still Divide" - Scott & Leonhardt - 25 views

I agree with Nadia's comment on that quote, that being stuck can be blamed on class. Class is tied into resources and income, and if you don't have the resources or income, there's really no way to...

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mnconnin

Schools struggle to feed kids healthy food - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • mnconnin on 29 Mar 12
     
    Editor's note: all week, CNN Newsroom, Rick's List and Eatocracy are teaming up to take a look the effects our dining choices have on our minds, bodies and wallets. Tune into CNN Newsroom daily from 9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. ET for on-air coverage and join in the discussion here on Eatocracy.
mnconnin

A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • mnconnin on 29 Mar 12
     
    To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required to offer more nutritious fare.
Caitlin Swain

Breakfast Offered at School - 0 views

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  • Caitlin Swain on 12 Nov 11
     
    some benefits of schools having breakfast available for students!
Caitlin Swain

Vending Machines in Schools - 2 views

www.ncsl.org/default.aspx

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  • Caitlin Swain on 12 Nov 11
     
    state by state decisions on vending machines allowed in schools.
  • Sasha Pacheco on 15 Nov 11
     
    This is actually a pretty interesting topic to do research on, especially because Americans are seen as being obese and living off of junk food. Nothing to do with vending machines but my sister's pre-k teacher didn't want any of the students to bring junk food for lunch they only wanted healthy snacks, and we're talking about 4 year olds, but maybe it's never too early to start teaching proper nutrition.
stephanib

Cross Training: Arts and Academics Are Inseparable | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Though it's an arts school, academic achievement is a priority: According to the most recent available data, 92 percent of the academy's sophomores passed the state's English test and 80 percent passed math, compared to 73 percent and 67 percent of Boston students overall.
  • Teachers meet this mandate by linking academic subjects with the arts: The math curriculum, for example, incorporates principles of design, and science teachers use musical instruments to study sound and stage lighting to demonstrate the properties of light.
  • in the philosopher's eyes, "art could make you more perfect. In fact, the purpose of art is to inspire you in becoming."
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  • Theater major Michael Cognata made the connection between this lesson and his life: "The things we learn in theater could be good for theater, but they're also good for other areas of life." "Like what?" Clark asked. "Like becoming a responsible man."
  • They want their students to go to college, period, and they want graduates to possess the skills and sense of responsibility to engage with their communities. "There is no art without an audience, and there is no democracy without people's investments,"
  • He'll also have the discipline, leadership, and teamwork he believes theater has given him no matter what work he pursues -- it's all in the process of becoming.
  • stephanib on 26 Mar 11
     
    This pilot school models integration of arts and academics. It provides education to inner-city and special needs students, including encouraging in them the drive to "become."
  • Chelsea Corrales on 28 Mar 11
     
    I really enjoyed reading this article. I think that it is absolutely wonderful that school's like this exist. My favorite quote is, "Arts and academics are not separate endeavors here; they are deeply connected disciplines, and teachers draw on the rigors of one to feed another."
  • Jessica Nogues on 29 Mar 11
     
    This school sounds absolutely fantastic! I think the following quotes are exceptional: "Teachers and staff support students by fostering close relationships and maintaining the resources to fully include teens with special needs (such as the hearing-impaired dancer in Fernadina Chan's class) in regular classes. Students meet four times a week in groups of eight to ten students with the same adviser for all four years, and the staff provides one-on-one counseling and support groups for issues such as coping with family stress and chronic mental health problems." "There's a deep-seated belief here that art allows young people to develop a creative and entrepreneurial understanding of the world," says headmaster Linda Nathan, who helped found the school. "In arts, kids learn there's not just one right answer. They learn that judgment counts. They learn to connect." This is how education should be!
Lauren Tripp

Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools | Video on TED.com - 1 views

www.ted.com/...s_are_breaking_us_schools.html

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shared by Lauren Tripp on 22 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • , Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of education at the losing end.
Lauren Tripp

Texas, Budget Cuts and Children - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...28krugman.html

schoolfunding Cuts

shared by Lauren Tripp on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • What’s supposed to happen when today’s neglected children become tomorrow’s work force?
  • Lauren Tripp on 27 Mar 11
     
    This is an interesting connection: today's education budget cuts directly impact the viability of our future economy. So much for racing to the top...
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  • Alyssa Gantt on 29 Mar 11
     
    The unfairness is appalling. The low spending looks so attractive but it's the children in their schools that don't get spent on. And the hypocrisy, "In practice, however, when advocates of lower spending get a chance to put their ideas into practice, the burden always seems to fall disproportionately on those very children they claim to hold so dear." And this quote just straight up scared me: "Consider, as a case in point, what's happening in Texas, which more and more seems to be where America's political future happens first". If this is just the beginning, or a taste of where the rest of America is going to end up, then some serious steps need to be taken to prevent it.
  • Jenna Rocklein on 29 Mar 11
     
    This sounds crazy. They're making budget cuts in all the wrong places! I understand that cuts are necessary because of the economy but this is going to have a seriously negative impact on their state. If children are "the future" then theirs isn't looking very bright and I think it would be wise of them to reconsider. Having one of the lowest high school graduation rates, ranking 5th in child poverty, and being below national average health wise does not look very good on their part. Not a very promising future if you ask me!
  • Stephen Pridgen on 29 Mar 11
     
    This is a very well written column by Mr. Krugman. Unfortunately I feel he is correct that if our country does not switch its current path we will soon be going the way of Texas. For years the education system has been neglected and now we are starting to pay the price for it. An almost 40% non graduation rate is completely unacceptable for one of the wealthiest nations in the world and unless we stand up to this assault on our basic human rights we will have nobody to blame but ourselves.
  • Mark Bocinsky on 30 Mar 11
     
    I was initially attracted to this post because I have several friends who live in Texas. After reading through it, I started thinking about the whole budget cut thing and I realized I'll never know exactly what that means until I'm a teacher and being directly affected by it. I can ready all I want about numbers but I really won't know how big of a difference it is until I'm a part of it. On top of that, I won't have much of an argument against budget cuts to teachers unless I know exactly why cuts are coming from teachers and not somewhere else. Anyways, just a thought that came up. Maybe I should start paying attention to these details so I can be well-informed of the history of teachers salary and budget cuts if I become a teacher?
cleves

Schools Start Single-sex Lunches - 4 views

blogs.edweek.org/..._start_single-sex_lunches.html

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  • cleves on 29 Mar 11
     
    Principals told the paper the policy was put in place to eliminate "inappropriate smooching and boy-girl drama" and also to get students to finish-or at least eat-their lunches.
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  • cleves on 29 Mar 11
     
    will the "inappropriate" smooching really stop? Isn't this social interaction a natural part of growing up?
  • Crystal-Divine Magpantay on 29 Mar 11
     
    I don't agree with this at all. I believe students need interaction with the opposite-sex, and lunch-time is usually the appropriate time for this. That aspect of socialization is important.
  • Rachel Manko on 29 Mar 11
     
    I think it's so interesting that the man mentioned at the end of the article, Leonard Sax, favors single-sex classrooms but opposes these segregated lunches. I think he's right. Lunch is a time for students to interact with each other. If self-esteem and healthy eating habits are an issue, there are certainly other solutions.
  • M Daniela Novoa on 29 Mar 11
     
    I think that the school's administration is not doing their job. Instead of segregating they should have workshops or class time allocated to solving their problems. I don't think that this "solution" will benefit kids in the long-run
  • Lauren Tripp on 29 Mar 11
     
    "Inappropriate smooching"?! Ha! How about talking to your kids about appropriate displays of affection? Or having a smaller school so that the teachers know their kids and can shame them by name when that kind of stuff happens? (Hmm...maybe "shame" is not the word I want, but at least call them out!)
  • Jessica Ross on 30 Mar 11
     
    Frankly, this is the dumbest thing I think I've ever read in terms of modern day education reform. (Is that harsh?) I understand that the idea has good intentions--but the road to hell is paved with them. Girls may be eating more, but is that really what we want our kids to learn? Is that the best way to combat disordered eating (and in some cases, future eating disorders)? "Go ahead honey, eat everything on your plate--the boys are gone!" It seems that this is a convenient way to tackle "important social problems" by shoving them under the rug. Perhaps we should work on building young girls' self-esteem instead of giving them a "safe" half hour to eat. And as far as "inappropriate smooching" is concerned... if you're young enough to have recess, you should be too young to even consider inappropriate smooching. Where are these parents?
  • Veronica Macias on 30 Mar 11
     
    Having single sex lunches is the most absurd idea that I've heard of in a long time. I think that it is important for boys and girls to intereact socially becuase there are no single sex lunches that exist in the real world. What happens when these kids go out in the real world where there are no single sex lunches? Will they be able to adjust to the major change? Lunchtime is the only time when kids have the chance for proper social development since the rest of the school day is spent on non stop school work.
Christopher Nelson

The Mistrusted Male Teacher - 4 views

abcnews.go.com/...story

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  • Christopher Nelson on 29 Mar 11
     
    Here's another source relating to "Why Are There So Few Male Teachers?"
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  • Crystal-Divine Magpantay on 29 Mar 11
     
    I personally didn't have a male teacher until I reached high school, but I honestly don't have a problem with having a male teacher as an elementary teacher. If a male teacher wants to teach at the elementary/middle school level, then they should have the right to.
  • Rachel Manko on 29 Mar 11
     
    I think that this is such an interesting topic. I only had two male teachers before reaching high school, and neither of them were my home room teachers. One was my music teacher, and the other was a higher level math teacher. I really liked them both. But it actually wasn't until this topic was brought up in our conversation at our table this morning during class, that I realized how few male teachers I have. I can confidently say that I have really enjoyed and learned a lot from all of the male teachers that I've had. I think men can absolutely be passionate about teaching. I understand the reasoning for skepticism that is brought up in the article, but I also think that the reasons are kind of silly. if a man wants to teach, he should teach. If a woman wants to be an engineer, she should be one. Oy vay, gender bias.
  • Lauren Tripp on 29 Mar 11
     
    "What's a young single dude doing teaching fourth grade anyway?!" Oh man...obviously, there must be something wrong with him. The young single girl though? She's in the right place.
  • Jessica Ross on 30 Mar 11
     
    "I really think it has a lot to do with the personality of the teacher," said Dr. Caryl Oris, a consulting psychiatrist for the Sewanhaka Central High School District on Long Island, N.Y. "What matters more than anything is that it's a good teacher and the teacher loves to teach." ^Amen, to the above. My elementary school had about four or five teachers assigned to teach the third grade. I distinctly remember one of them being a young male. He was not my teacher. My teacher was a young female, fresh out of college, with a degree but little experience in actually handling small children. She was mean, bitter, and obviously in over her head. She and my parents would constantly be on the phone with one another about something or other (for a child who had been considered a stellar example of good behavior, this was considered odd). I only bring this up because the other teacher, the young male teacher, taught the class that shared a recess with my own. The kids in both classes would play together and talk together and I remember, even now, how jealous I was of the kids in his class. They seemed to enjoy going to school, and their teacher always had some great game or movie to show about whatever the topic of the day was. When our classes played structured games together, he seemed more than willing to do what the kids were doing and had fun doing it. My teacher stood off to the side--a very sharp contrast. PS: My teacher was gone before I had finished the fifth grade. And the male teacher, last time I checked (a few years ago) was still at the elementary school, married and happily teaching.
  • Veronica Macias on 30 Mar 11
     
    It's amazing how far we have come in terms of education, especially when considering that males used to dominate the profession. Now, it is almost foreign to us now a days when we hear of a male teacher and not a female teacher teaching students. It 's also amazing how much the US society has perverted the teaching profession, especially concerning male teachers teaching in any grade level. How much worse could it possibly get? Will this society get to the point where we can no longer allow males to teach students?
  • Mark Bocinsky on 30 Mar 11
     
    This topic definitely stood out to me as a male who may potentially find himself in the teaching environment. It really got me thinking, "What would it have been like to have a male teacher in Elementary school?" I don't really know. I agree that females have the tendency to be more nurturing; it is simply in their nature. And as a male student who was less confident in himself at the time than the other males, it was nice to have that nurturing teacher in the classroom. I feel like a male would have been more apt to call me out on my mistakes rather than help me through them. But that seems like stereotyping! Veronica makes a good point. It really is amazing to see how things have changed over the years. 16 percent of Elementary school teachers are males! I don't even consider Elementary school when I consider teaching. Maybe it's the challenge of High Schoolers? Maybe I feel like I can relate with them better or I won't have patience to work with young kids? Whatever it is, I never thought that I'd be in danger of having suspicion poured upon me as a teacher with possible inappropriate intentions. But I can definitely see where that could come from if someone were a young, single, male teacher working with fourth graders. It's a shame. But that's just how it is! My final comment is that if someone is in that situation, they should just take the challenge and try extra hard to show the goodness of their heart and the reason behind their decision to teach that grade. People will see if the teacher is genuine or not. Don't let other peoples presumptions change the way you teach!
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