December 2009/January 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 4

Health and Learning

Feature Articles

Perspectives / Vital Connections

Marge Scherer

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Finding Our Way Back to Healthy Eating: A Conversation with David A. Kessler

Amy M. Azzam

Author and pediatrician David Kessler talks about our obsession with fat, sugar, and salt—and what it is doing to our kids.

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Good Food in the City

Anthony Geraci

Baltimore City School District improved its "cafeteria food" with some far-reaching farm-to-school innovations.

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Those Persistent Gaps

Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley

Inequitable school conditions are just part of the problem. Poor nutrition, lead poisoning, and too much TV watching also negatively influence achievement.

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Do Our Kids Have Nature-Deficit Disorder?

Richard Louv

A garden, a park, a woods—all can be places to find wholeness, health—and learning.

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Coordinated School Health: Getting It All Together

Joyce V. Fetro, Connie Givens and Kellie Carroll

The Tennessee story shows what can be accomplished when a state makes health a priority.

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Taking Charge of School Wellness

David Satcher

A former surgeon general lays out the scope of student health concerns and describes how schools can take action.

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Sleep: The E-ZZZ Intervention

Christi A. Bergin and David A. Bergin

Memory, self-control, speed of thinking? Enough sleep can make all the difference.

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Helping Self-Harming Students

Matthew D. Selekman

What fuels the self-harming behaviors among adolescents today?

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Success with Less Stress

Jerusha Conner, Denise Pope and Mollie Galloway

Students confirm that schoolwork is a number-one stressor. Here's what lowers students' anxiety and boosts their learning.

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Why We Should Not Cut PE

Stewart G. Trost and Hans van der Mars

Research documents the link between physical activity and school performance.

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Saving Marvin Sweettooth

Shannon O'Grady

Students learned a lot about nutrition when they debated how to help a fictitious 13-year-old with a very real problem.

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A Place for Healthy Risk-Taking

Laura Warner

This wellness program prompts adolescents encountering challenges to reach beyond their initial reaction of "I just can't do that."

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A Bully-Free School

Wendy W. Murawski, Jennifer Lockwood, Abbie Khalili and Adrienne Johnston

A middle school finds that lunch clubs, tolerance exercises, and class discussions about diversity build a healthier school culture.

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Health Care for All

Cesar Loya

A school starts a 100-percent campaign with the aim to find needed health care for all of its families.

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First Steps to a Healthier School

Renée Jeffrey

Simple changes in routine energize kids on the playground and in the classroom.

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How We Fight Teen Drinking

Jim Roberts

A rural school district tackles alcohol abuse with a Choices program.

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Departments

The Art and Science of Teaching / When Students Track Their Progress

Robert J. Marzano

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What Research Says About. . . / School Meals and Learning

Jane L. David

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The Principal Connection / Principal as Parachute

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Digitally Speaking / A Digital Bridge to Homebound Students

William M. Ferriter

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ASCD Community in Action

What readers say about EL and news of ASCD's Healthy School Initiative.

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Bits From the Blog

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Silence Is Golden

Judith Gaston Fisher

A teacher helps her students step back from constant activity and calm their minds.

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How to Teach Students About the Brain

Judy Willis

An ASCD author, teacher, and neurologist describes what contributes to an optimally functioning brain.

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Beyond 20/20

Pete Hall and Leanne Liddicoat

An undiagnosed vision disorder can clearly leave a child behind.

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Partners in Health

Jacqueline Zeller, Suzanne Costello and Christina E. Nikitopoulos

How a mental health program and a school connect families to resources.

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Book Review

Jennifer Singleton

Confronting Cyber-Bullying by Shaheen Shariff

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EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

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