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Focus on Children
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AASA supports strong school system leadership to improve the lives of children as an aspect of the Stand Up for Public Education™ campaign and the overall mission of the Association.
AASA has championed efforts to improve the lives of children in public schools by working directly with local school district leaders, state affiliate directors and other strategic partners across sectors.
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Current Projects
AASA's current projects are on asthma management, healthy school environments, youth development and healthy eating and active living, all with an emphasis on disparities or gaps in well-being among children from low-income families. All children everywhere can be successful within and outside of the school walls.
What's Noteworthy From AASA? |
| NEW!! Read the fall 2008 issue of Healthy Learning News, featuring two Texas school districts making a difference in addressing healthy eating and physical activity in schools and the community. Hard copies will be mailed to every superintendent in the country in early October. |
| Your 15 Minutes of Fame – AASA’s Leadership for Healthy Children & Schools seeks to promote promising practices of all types to school leaders across the country. If you have successfully implemented a policy or practice that you would like to share with AASA and your colleagues, read more and submit your success story through our online form today! |
| Check out the new link on the sidebar, What's New in School Health, which will contain late-breaking school health news and an archive of information and resources. |
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Exhibit Wellness -- a health-focused zone at the National Conference -- is coming to San Francisco in 2009!
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| Green Schools - Building ‘green schools’ is a new movement in creating healthy learning environments for students. AASA has compiled resources to help answer questions you might have about this phenomenon. |
| Pandemic and Avian Flu information - AASA updated its hot topic on Pandemic and Avian Flu. Check it out! |
Hear what AASA members have to say about the importance of a healthy child:
Listen to AASA Past President Eugene White, superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools (Ind.), comment on the need for healthy students in schools. (Windows Media) (QuickTime)
See Beverly Hall, superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools (Ga.), talk about the problem of asthma in schools and why superintendents should be involved in making asthma management a priority. (Windows Media) (QuickTime)
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AASA Coalitions & Partnerships
Afterschool Programs
Asthma
Beyond High School
Childhood Obesity
Citizenship, Democracy and Public Schools
Healthy School Environments
Publications and Resources
Success Stories
Urban Superintendent Initiative
What's New in School Health
Meet the Staff
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