Is Health Education Getting Overlooked in Schools?
By Tammy Worth Teaching our children good habits at a young age helps to create healthy, active adults. Knowledge is one of the ways we can combat the obesity epidemic that is growing in the US. Many local schools are doing their best to provide adequate health education. But the picture of health education is a varied one with resources and time stretched thin in both public and private schools. The following is a snapshot of what area schools are teaching our children. Curriculum creation In 2006, Missouri rolled out a new, precise set of grade-level expectations for health education. The guidelines were created by a group that included teachers from all grade levels, according to Steve Williams, a health and physical education consultant for the state Department of Education. Williams says the new guidelines replaced standards that were vague and now focus on areas like knowledge of body (including the effects of smoking); personal fitness and body management skills; and friend, pee
