Because of the interminable snow falling here in the District of Columbia (apparently, we are now second-snowiest city in the country) the public hearing on “Healthy Schools” legislation in the D.C. Council previoulsy scheduled for tomorrow has been moved to the next earliest available hearing date, March 26. That’s 11 a.m. in room 500 of […]
Today’s guest post on “Healthy Schools” legislation recently introduced in the D.C. Council is written by Andrea Northup, executive director of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and cross-posted from the DC Food for All blog. I edited the piece and contributed some of the text. On January 12, Andrea will be conducting a “webinar” […]
It may just be impossible to take seriously what Washington Post reporters write in their blogs. Jay Mathews, the Post’s education reporter, says the “Healthy Schools” initiative introduced recently in the D.C. Council makes a big mistake by requiring the city’s children to engage in more physical activity. How, Matthews wonders, will they ever have […]
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