The Route to Health in Education
An idea for socially responsible children’s books wins $10,000 from ideablob.com
Somerdale, NJ resident Suneet Bhatt is the October winner of ideablob.com’s monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community.
Bhatt’s initiative, Dream Village, is a series of children’s books that describe the true stories of kids who have overcome [...]
Study finds that nutritious school lunches can raise math scores.
Does eating right make schoolchildren perform better? A team led by Arthur Agatston, a cardiologist and creator of the popular South Beach diet, presented findings at an Obesity Society meeting over the weekend showing that improving the nutritional quality of school meals bolstered the academic performance [...]
Health.com ranks the nation’s healthiest schools based on food and nutrition, fitness and activity, health education, and healthy building materials and practices.
The average American child spends nearly 12,000 hours in school, from kindergarten through 12th grade. That’s a big chunk of time during which he or she can develop good (or bad) health habits.
Happily, schools [...]
A photo essay from the NRDC on school sprawl.
From the NRDC:
Schools used to be the heart of a neighborhood or community. Children and not a few teachers could walk to class, or to the playground or ball field on the weekend. This was relatively easy to do, because the schools were placed within, not [...]
GreenMap.org expands educational offering for middle and high school teachers and students.
There’s no question that the Internet is the best thing to happen to education since chalk. It is a tool, a medium, a resource, and a teacher unto itself. It helps students to better connect with and learn from the world outside. With [...]
SocialVibe raises awareness and donations for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C).
We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s serious as cancer.” The expression is used in many ways. It’s become cliché. But there’s a reason why clichés are formed. Like the universal feeling of being stuck between a rock and a hard place, there’s a deeper truth. [...]
Our major transportation arteries are toxic for anyone living or playing near them. Too bad that’s where 1 in 3 public schools are located.
Erin Brockovich fought against one company’s malfeasance in polluting the water of a local town and won. They made a movie about it, and Julia Roberts won an Oscar. This same [...]
A new report urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support laws that restrict junk-food advertising to kids online. Is this a solution or scapegoating?
Business Week reports on action taken by Children Now to restrict junk-food advertising to kids online.
Having successfully lobbied the government to place limits on junk food ads on TV, they now [...]
Elizabeth Dehart is striving to eliminate obesity in the classroom; ideablob’s $10,000 prize will help her start a vending company that provides organic snacks to school kids.
Advanta Corp. announced today that Elizabeth Dehart of West Jordan, Utah, is the July winner of Ideablob.com’s monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by [...]
UK-based Persil, a Unilever brand, emphasizes the importance of childhood play.
Childhood as we know it is over and children of future generations could enter adulthood lacking vital life and social skills because of a lack of ‘free’ play, according to a study released by Persil.
The global report, which marks the launch of Persil’s Every [...]
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