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Direct linkHoke, Alicia M.; Pattison, Krista L.; Hivner, Elizabeth A.; Lehman, Erik B.; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: School settings offer an opportunity to impact student health and wellness. Quality wellness policies are important in establishing strong wellness environments, but current resources to support policy development, maintenance, and dissemination are lacking. The Building Healthy Schools Program aimed to develop capacity of school…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, School Policy, Wellness, School Districts
Hivner, Elizabeth; Hoke, Alicia; Francis, Erica; Ricci, Tiffany; Zurlo, Claire; Kraschnewski, Jennifer – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
Although research suggests various effective interventions to curb obesity, there remains a gap between current evidence and sustainable practice in schools and communities. School settings present a logical platform for this work, since children spend much of their time in school. This article describes the Building Healthy Schools Program, a…
Descriptors: Obesity, School Role, Partnerships in Education, Physical Activity Level
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2011
This report presents the deliberations of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. sections 9601 et. seq.) to assess the educational needs of the region. The committee's report outlines the educational needs across the District of Columbia and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Technical Assistance, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedMcFarland, Gretchen L. – Preventing School Failure, 1993
Pennsylvania's Secondary Instructional Support program addresses such problems as failing grades, lack of classroom participation, lack of time on task, difficulties with basic skills, and poor attendance. It provides school districts with training and guided practice in six areas: collaboration, instructional assessment, instructional adaptation,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Methods, Learning Problems, Program Implementation
Firestone, William A.; And Others – 1983
To learn more about the Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESA), Research for Better Schools initiated a multi-year study of RESAs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This report specifically describes local educators' perceptions about RESA services and the content areas in which RESAs offered help. It also suggests how successful service…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Education Service Centers
Temkin, Sanford – 1981
Research for Better Schools, Inc., has been working with local education agencies (LEAs), intermediate service agencies (ISAs), and state education agencies (SEAs) to bring about career education impact in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Their strategy includes three essential elements: assist LEAs in planning and implementing career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Incentives
