The Answer Sheet Archive: Health
Bedbugs at school: The new lice but worse
Public schools are facing something of a plague, and, for once, I do not mean standardized tests. Rather, bedbugs.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 11, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Health
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bedbug eradication, bedbug summit, bedbugs, bedbugs in school, how to get rid of bedbugs, lice
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On this we should agree
A health expert writes that while there isn’t likely to be peace in the education world over charter schools and standardized testing, on this everyone should agree: The need to focus attention on disparities among our youth in education and in health.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 28, 2011; 5:30 AM ET |
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Achievement gap, Guest Bloggers, Health, Poverty
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achievement gap, anxiety-related behaviors, anxiety-related disorders, effects of poverty, environment and schools, health disparities, indian suicide rates, native american suicide rates, poverty and education, public health services, suicide rates
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Palin: Parents should decide what kids eat in school
An effort by the Pennsylvania Board of Education to encourage public schools to limit sweets and introduce more healthy foods has attracted an unlikely critic: Sarah Palin.
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Valerie Strauss
| November 12, 2010; 5:00 AM ET |
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Health
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banning sweets, child nutrition act, cookies, michelle obama, nutrition, nutrition guidelines, obesity, obesity epidemic, palin cookies, pennsylvania board of education, sarah palin, school breakfast, school lunch
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Yes, you can teach kids to eat broccoli
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it, but at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington D.C., chef Lisa Dobbs runs a food program that has young students relishing broccoli, tilapia encrused with panko, boureks with beef or vegetables, and other foods not commonly embraced by kids.
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Valerie Strauss
| November 11, 2010; 8:13 AM ET |
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Health
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bill shore, charter schools, child nutrition act, elsie whitlow stokes, first lady michelle obama, jeff bridges, lisa dobbs, michelle obama, nutrition education, obesity, school lunch, share our strength, stokes charter school, whole foods
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Willingham: How sugar really affects kids
As parents eye bags of Halloween candy, cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham writes about the real effect sugar has on kids.
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Valerie Strauss
| November 1, 2010; 11:32 AM ET |
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Daniel Willingham, Guest Bloggers, Health, Learning
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daniel willingham, health, sugar, sugar and health, sugar and kids, sugar and learning
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Kudos for D.C. school meal program but hold applause for Congress
D.C. public schools officials deserve an ovation for a new program to feed dinner to about 10,000 students in an effort to help improve childhood nutrition and ensure that kids don’t go hungry. But let's hold the applause for Congress.
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Valerie Strauss
| October 21, 2010; 10:41 AM ET |
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D.C. Schools, Health
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d.c. schools, dinners at school, food stamps, healthy meals, hunger, michelle rhee, nutrition, obama administration, school breakfast, school dinners, school lunch, school meals, school nutrition act
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