Resources

Healthy School Communities provides information, products, and resources related to school health promotion and online community networking. These resources help educators integrate health issues into the curriculum and address nonacademic barriers to learning.

Learn how to start your own healthy school community and explore current health topics.

Use the following ASCD resources to find out how school health affects student achievement. (ASCD members, log in for full access.)

Books

• Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed (2008), by Hugh Price
• Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher (2006), by Judy Willis
• Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd Edition (2005), by Eric Jensen
• Bullying and Harassment: A Legal Guide for Educators (2004), by Kathleen Conn 
• The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know (2004), by William C. Bosher Jr., Kate R. Kaminski, and Richard S. Vacca 
• The Respectful School: How Educators and Students Can Conquer Hate and Harassment (2003), by Steven L. Wessler and William Preble 
• Education and Public Health: Natural Partners in Learning for Life (2003), by Jenny Smith 
• How to Prepare for and Respond to a Crisis, 2nd Edition (2002), by David J. Schonfeld, Robert Lichtenstein, Marsha Kline Pruett, and Dee Speese Linahan

Educational Leadership

• Educating the Whole Child, May 2007
• "The Violence You Don't See," Helping All Students Succeed, Summer 2006 (online only)
• The Whole Child, September 2005
• "A Case for School Connectedness," The Adolescent Learner, April 2005
• "How the Community Influences Achievement," Schools as Learning Communities, May 2004
• "Future Shock," New Needs, New Curriculum, December 2003/January 2004
• "Healthier Students, Better Learners," New Needs, New Curriculum, December 2003/January 2004
• Creating Caring Schools, March 2003

Education Update

• Building Schools that Build Learners, November 2006
• Build Stronger Schools with ASCD's Healthy Schools Report Card, May 2006
• School Mental Health Web Resources, November 2005
• Who Cares for the Caregivers?, March 2005

Is It Good for the Kids?

• Healthy School Communities: Essential to Student Success, June 2006

Researchbrief

• The Link Between Schoolwide Food Practices and Student Weight, January 2006

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