Daughter’s transition from urban to rural began officially yesterday with the first day of school. Here in Cambridge, all of the kids–K through 12th grade–attend one central school. The yellow school bus picked daughter up at the end of the driveway in the morning, and brought her back in the afternoon. She’s already made several […]
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Free breakfast. No sodas. More vegetables. Physical exercise. These are the cornerstones of sweeping “Healthy Schools” legislation (previous posts here, here, here and here) introduced last week in the D.C. Council. Parents and nutritionists across the country have watched with alarm in recent years as children have become increasingly obese and even fallen victim to adult […]
What do teachers do to prepare for the new school year? At the private elementary school where I teach my food food appreciation classes, one of the things we do is hold an assembly with the school nurse and study the health problems of every kid in the school who has one. These can range […]
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