Overview: State and district policymakers are responding to the need for policies to improve the nutrition and physical activity environments in schools. However, additional and sustained support is required in order to impact nutrition and physical activity behaviors and reverse trends in childhood obesity. This program will follow West Virginia’s nutrition policy using an educational […]
State and district leaders are responding to the need for policies to improve the nutrition and physical activity environments in schools. But just putting new policies in place is not enough—sustained support and attention to how well the policies are working are required to significantly impact nutrition and physical activity behaviors and reverse trends in […]
State and district policymakers are responding to the need for policies to encourage healthy school environments, including food marketing in schools. However, additional and sustained support is required for the food marketing policies to affect nutrition and physical activity behaviors and reverse trends in childhood obesity. This program will examine Maine’s food marketing policies using […]
Description Schools want to prepare their students for future success, including health and safety as well as their academic accomplishments. Sometimes unintended and unexpected legal questions arise when school systems create and implement policies meant to improve student health. This webinar will help school attorneys and legal staff learn about best practices and potential concerns […]
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) held a webinar September 1, 2011 that explores the connection between summer learning programs and student achievement. Sponsored by The Wallace Foundation, the webinar highlights recent research on summer learning loss, the role that summer learning programs can play to improve student achievement and effective elements […]
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) held a webinar on June 29, 2011 that explored the connection between school leadership and student achievement. Sponsored by The Wallace Foundation, the webinar highlights recent research on what makes principals successful, as well as how state policy can have an impact on effective leadership, particularly […]
