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Back-to-School Bus Tour Ends on High Note
On its final day, the Education Drives America bus made stops in Roanoke and Richmond, Va., and a final rally at the Department of Education headquarters in Washington. In Roanoke, Secretary Duncan joined Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education … Continue reading
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The More They Burn, the Better They Learn
Originally posted at LetsMove.gov. The physical activity facts for adolescent and school health were originally published on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Physical activity is essential to a healthy lifestyle, and it can be especially important in helping kids do better in … Continue reading
Connecting with Colorado Communities: Bus Tour Day Four
Denver: Getting fit and staying healthy It may have been a once-in-lifetime occurrence: two cabinet secretaries, one governor, two U.S. senators and dozens of students all line-dancing. Historic or not, the importance of the Let’s Move! back-to-school bus tour event … Continue reading
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First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts First-Ever Kids’ State Dinner
Click here for an alternate version of the video with an accessible player. Cross-posted from the White House Blog. Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the first-ever Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House, welcoming 54 budding chefs to a formal luncheon … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes: Getting Ready for the Kids’ State Dinner
Cross-posted from the Let’s Move! blog. We’re all pretty excited to greet 54 amazing young chefs at the White House on Monday, August 20, when First Lady Michelle Obama will host the first-ever Kids’ State Dinner. Joining us will be … Continue reading
Wrapping Up the Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Summer Series
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose,” read former NFL player Brian Mitchell during the final installment of ED’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! summer series on Monday. Mitchell read … Continue reading
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Team Squash and Team Broccoli Get Going at ‘Let’s Read! Let’s Move!’
Can you imagine young children debating over which fruit or vegetable is their favorite? At the third installment of ED’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! summer series, that is exactly what happened. As the students arrived, they were put into groups … Continue reading
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Moving and Reading with Stars at Let’s Read! Let’s Move!
After all the excitement of yesterday’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! event, six-year-old Jorge exclaimed “I got to play basketball!” when quizzed about his favorite portion of the day’s activities. Yesterday’s event was the second in ED’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! … Continue reading
Kicking Off ED’s Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Summer Series
“Reading is a way to travel in your mind,” said Cornell McClellan, the First Family’s Nutrition and Fitness Trainer, to over 130 students from DC area schools, camps, and youth programs yesterday at the first of ED’s four part Let’s … Continue reading
National Healthy Lunch Finals Held at ED
While you may not consider West African succotash, home-style tortilla apple pie or lemon pepper chicken with brown rice standard fare for a school cafeteria, a group of culinary chef students hope to re-write cafeteria menus to prove that school … Continue reading
A “State Dinner” Just For Kids
Cross-posted from the Let’s Move! Blog Calling all kid chefs: The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge invites parents of kids ages 8-12 to submit an original recipe for a lunch that is nutritious and delicious. All entrants have the chance to win a trip … Continue reading
Hike It! Bike It! I Like It! Walk to School 2011
It’s a special day when communities and schools, parents, kids, and teachers make that extra effort to find an alternate safe way to get to school other than riding on a bus or in a car. Meg McFarland, Walking School … Continue reading