Healthy Schools
A Message from the New Healthy Schools Network Executive Director
We welcome you to join this effort as new or returning members of the Coalition for Healthier Schools.
Healthy Schools Network
May 2, 2025
We welcome you to join this effort as new or returning members of the Coalition for Healthier Schools.
The US EPA has released its Spring 2025 School Indoor Air Quality Newsletter, offering a wide array of resources, research updates, and upcoming opportunities to support healthy learning environments.
Milwaukee Public Schools are facing heightened scrutiny due to environmental hazards in aging buildings, including widespread issues with lead-based paint and inadequate ventilation systems.
Does anyone actually believe that chain-sawing Medicaid and taking away free school lunches will make children healthier or improve their well-being?
A list of proposed cuts currently before the House Ways and Means Committee includes $12 billion in school meal funding nationwide.
This year, we will focus on state & local programs, plans, and funds that help schools stay open longer and reopen safely and quickly after disasters.
School districts were confused and panicked after a Trump order to indefinitely suspend hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grant funding.
President Trump proposed $50M in his first term for US EPA’s Healthy Schools programs that will help reduce the crisis in children’s health and learning.
Simple school lunches collected in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland were found to contain toxins that have been linked to developmental delays, liver disease, and even cancer.
Measurements of VOC emissions from materials suggest that the VOC emission rate can increase significantly under increased temperature.
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