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New research shows a healthy recess period during the school day can cut down on bullying and strengthen the school climate.
- Ashland Teachers Will Incorporate Physical Activity Into Lessons
Teachers from Ashland Independent Schools attended a Take 10 workshop to learn how to incorporate physical activity into the classroom, Adam Black reports for The Independent: "The program, which has been provided . . . through a grant,...
- A Leading Authority On Bullying In Schools Offers Ideas For Recognizing, Preventing And Dealing With It
By Melissa Landon Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues How do we recognize, deal with and prevent bullying, particularly in schools? A leading authority on bullying offered some ideas June 12 in a University of Kentucky training session...
- Leaders In Health Care And Education Meet On Child Obesity And What Can Be Done About It, And Not Just In The Schools
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Children who are physically active are likely to be better learners, but not enough Kentucky schools seem to put that knowledge into practice, speakers suggested at last week's Kentucky Summit on Childhood Obesity...
- Covington Schools Show 'fitness Rocks' By Lowering Body Mass, Lifting The Bars Of Nutrition, Wellness And Academic Achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create a healthier community for students, is the reported...
- Is Your Child Being Bullied?
by Sharon B. Richter, D.O. Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai Bullying has received a lot of attention lately, with many school districts revising their anti-bullying policies in...
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A healthy recess during school can cut down on bullying, improve learning, study finds
New research shows a healthy recess period during the school day can cut down on bullying and strengthen the school climate.The report from researchers at Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University compared schools in five cities who used Playworks ? a program that uses a full-time coach to work to engage students in safe, healthy play during recess and throughout the day ? to similar schools who did not use the program.
Schools that used the Playworks method had less bullying; better recess behavior and readiness for class. Teachers reported quicker transition to learning activities after recess and the students felt safer and more included at recess. Nearly 100 percent of teachers in Playworks said they wanted to use the program again the next school year. (Read more)
- Ashland Teachers Will Incorporate Physical Activity Into Lessons
Teachers from Ashland Independent Schools attended a Take 10 workshop to learn how to incorporate physical activity into the classroom, Adam Black reports for The Independent: "The program, which has been provided . . . through a grant,...
- A Leading Authority On Bullying In Schools Offers Ideas For Recognizing, Preventing And Dealing With It
By Melissa Landon Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues How do we recognize, deal with and prevent bullying, particularly in schools? A leading authority on bullying offered some ideas June 12 in a University of Kentucky training session...
- Leaders In Health Care And Education Meet On Child Obesity And What Can Be Done About It, And Not Just In The Schools
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Children who are physically active are likely to be better learners, but not enough Kentucky schools seem to put that knowledge into practice, speakers suggested at last week's Kentucky Summit on Childhood Obesity...
- Covington Schools Show 'fitness Rocks' By Lowering Body Mass, Lifting The Bars Of Nutrition, Wellness And Academic Achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create a healthier community for students, is the reported...
- Is Your Child Being Bullied?
by Sharon B. Richter, D.O. Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai Bullying has received a lot of attention lately, with many school districts revising their anti-bullying policies in...