Tag: STEM
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Health Lessons for Schools: How students can improve the health and learning conditions at their schools.
What would happen if students examined their school, homes and habits in the same way that doctors examined a patient? Could they start to identify and change things in their school and home environments that hinder their health and learning? Could they identify and change their own choices to improve their health and learning? Could…
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Rethinking Learning: What lessons can after school programs teach our schools?
During the recent Maryland Out of School Time conference I got a chance to observe lessons from a variety of after school programs. These programs involved the participants in genuine STEM inquiry in ways that are still rare in the schools that I visit. Exercise and nutritional education that are missing from many schools are…
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The Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County
Stephen Ritz introduces himself as the “Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County”. It’s a place that needs optimism. The Bronx is a tough neighborhood with high unemployment and the rumble of food insecurity. The New York City Coalition Against Hunger reported in December, 2013 that nearly 49 percent of Bronx children lived in a household…