Moving At School: Making It Happen
November 23rd, 2011 by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers
Post submitted by Nora L. Howley, manager of Programs at the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN). She believes that a great public school is one where students and staff are healthy and safe, and she’s gratified that her job allows her to help make healthier, safer schools a reality. Howley is a former preschool teacher who has taught students as young as two and as old as 85, and served as director of the School Health Project at the Council of Chief State School Officers and as interim executive director at Action for Healthy Kids. Contact Howley by e-mail at nhowley@nea.org.
Kids should move more at school. It sounds easy, but I hear from NEA members that they are not sure how to do it. It was not part of the