How Students Get to School Matters

Every day, we make decisions about how we get from point A to point B.  Sometimes those decisions are pretty straightforward.  For example, if I am traveling to West Virginia for work, I will either drive or take a plane.  Other times, not so much.  Recently, I...
Safe Routes to School Gets Students Out of Cars and Walking/Biking

Safe Routes to School Gets Students Out of Cars and Walking/Biking

By Judi Lawson Wallace, Safe Routes to School Coordinator for the Winston-Salem, North Carolina Urban Area Like other school systems across the country, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System (WSFCS) in North Carolina saw increasing numbers of obese students...
Fire Up Your Feet Gets Students Moving in Colorado

Fire Up Your Feet Gets Students Moving in Colorado

By. Patricia Fryc, Colorado Fire Up Your Feet Outreach Specialist   The Safe Routes to School National Partnership sponsors a program called Fire Up Your Feet for elementary and middle schools nationally.  The Fire Up Your Feet program promotes physical activity...
Clean School Bus USA: Providing a Safe and Sustainable Way to School

Clean School Bus USA: Providing a Safe and Sustainable Way to School

By: Christine Koester, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   It is a common scene across the country – before the final bell rings to mark the end of the school day, parents in their cars form a line near the school...
A New Kind of Bus Afoot

A New Kind of Bus Afoot

By. Elise Houghton Reprinted with permission from the Green Teacher publication Teaching about Climate Change (http://greenteacher.com/books/climate-change/).  Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com. Download...
Get Pumped for Summer Professional Development

Get Pumped for Summer Professional Development

No Teacher Left Inside Institute Provides Authentic Learning in the Outdoors   Quality professional development is vital to an educator’s work.  I say this from the perspective of a former science teacher and principal.  As a teacher, I sought out workshops that...