Today's Education Policy Environment: Integrating Health Into Education

Abstract:
Education reformers who are shaping new kinds of schools for the future and those promoting comprehensive school health education understand little about each other's ideas, although they share a desire to improve children's success and well-being. If those concerned with school health education take a lead in working with education reformers, they can help to shape schools into places where health is integral to education. The powerful national movement to change the way schools operate presents an unprecedented opportunity to put health front and center. This paper discusses how to utilize current reform trends to meet this end. Trends discussed include: setting goals for education; management through outcomes; strengthening teacher skills; promoting innovative schools; interagency collaboration; and parent/community involvement.


Date Published: 1/1/1993

Pages: 9

Location Code: 9089