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Charter School Transcends Demographics and Resurrects Health

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 04.09.2013 | Impact
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Linda Novick O'Keefe

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the Academy for Global Citizenship's Sarah Elizabeth Ippel - the core of her amazing efforts have developed into a learning lab for broader systemic change in the community.

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America's Obesity Battle Begins In Schools, Report Says

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- Schools should be a cornerstone of the nation's obesity battle, but to trim Americans' waistlines, changes are needed everywhere people ...

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Introducing 'The Boston Hope Project'

Shannon Archer | Posted 06.24.2012 | Books
Read More: Buried Life, Childhood Health, The Buried Life, Bucket List, Impact, Books News
Shannon Archer

This entry is part of a contest by HuffPost Books and The Buried Life. Click here to read more about it. When it comes to sports, I have the most ra...

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WATCH: Mark Sanchez, Discovery Education Talk Student Health, Nutrition

Posted 11.26.2011 | Home
Read More: Student Exercise, Health and Wellness, Video, Giving Made Simple, Discovery Education, Child Exercise, Mark Sanchez New York Jets, Student Health, Childhood Health, Genyouth, Child Nutrition, Students, Mark Sanchez, Child Health, Childhood Obesity, Home News

As students across the country headed back to school this month for a new academic year, some groups are adding another educational focus for kids: he...

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Back-to-school Can Mean Vaccines For Tweens, Teens

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 10.22.2011 | Home
Read More: Tween Vaccines, School Health, Children, Teen Vaccines, School Vaccines, School Vaccinations, Childhood Health, Adolescent Health, Vaccines, Home News

WASHINGTON — Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot? If you haven't worried about back-to-school shots since your tween or teen was entering ...

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Lose The Baby Fat, Study Says

Posted 08.24.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Overweight Children, Dieting, National Academy of Science Overweight Babies, Nutrition, National Academy of Science, Weight Loss, Childhood Health, Babies, Sleep and Weight, Chubby Babies, Childhood Obesity, Overweight Babies, Healthy Living News

There is nothing cuter than a chubby baby, right? Nope, stop, drop that chubby little leg. A new report from the National Academy of Science says ...

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Plugging in for a Better Tomorrow: The School Bus 'Solution'

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Oil Imports, Children, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, Childhood Health, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Diesel, School Bus, Pollution, School, Transportation, Plug-in Hybrid, Health, Oil, Buses, Technology, Public Education, Green News
A. Siegel

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. And, well, now they're coming to a school system (maybe) near you.

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