Blog

HSC’s blog is here to help you stay up to date on the movement for healthier schools. Visit often to read about exciting work in Chicago and across the country.

November 22, 2019

Green Clean Schools Is Becoming Healthy, Green Schools & Colleges
Karonda Locust, parent Cather Elementary and Parents United member
November 13, 2019

Why Physical Education Should Be a Priority for Schools
Herlinda Arriaga, a parent and Local School Council Member at Talcott Elementary School, member Parents United for Healthy Schools
November 12, 2019

Improving Student Health One School Meal at a Time
Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy Principal Fernando Kim
November 11, 2019

Why Chicago and Illinois Should Support Green Schoolyards
Candace Moore, Chicago's Chief Equity Officer
November 11, 2019

How Accountability Supports Student Health
Dr. Doriane Miller, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and Director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality at UChicagoMedicine
November 8, 2019

Increasing Access to Mental and Behavioral Health
November 5, 2019

Reflecting on an Exemplary Career in Green Cleaning Leadership
A girl smiles at us and sits at a school desk. She holds a piece of paper in her left hand and a pencil in her right hand.
October 9, 2019

How Connecticut Is Addressing Students’ Mental and Physical Health
young African American students swinging on Space to Grow playground at Cather Elementary School in Chicago
September 10, 2019

Highlighting our Model in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
young boy holding mom's hand outside a building
September 5, 2019

We Still Oppose the Public Charge Rule
student harvesting school garden Chicago
August 20, 2019

Space to Grow Schools Extend the Classroom Outdoors
In a classroom, young girl sits at a table with her right hand raised and her left hand touching a lettuce leaf.
August 7, 2019

Health Providers Use Chronic Absence Data to Understand Community Needs