The First Lady highlighted a serious issue yesterday. Here’s a roundup.
Can recess improve student performance? Principals say yes. (Curriculum Matters)
What’s for lunch? (Fed Up: School Lunch Project)
What steps do schools and families need to take to eliminate childhood obesity? (New York Times)
Where can teachers find activities to increase students’ physical activity in school? (PE Central)
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Children and media: time to restock the fridge?
We constantly blame electronic media for negatively impacting children: violent video games cause school shootings, Myspace facilitates stalking, and television leads to childhood obesity. Considering the average American spends over 4 hours a day watching TV, the effects of media warrant serious attention. But what sort of attention? Since the first congressional hearings on television [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.