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children will save us countless billions in future spending on remedial education criminal justice health and welfare programs Children who participate in comprehensive high quality early education programs...and school districts ensure that more young children are prepared to succeed in school We must find more effective ways of supporting them as...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Tom Harkin D IA was honored today by the Harvard School of Public Health for his leadership in developing policies that support and promote good nutrition healthier lifestyles and...lecture sponsored by the School s Nutrition Round Table entitled From Menu Labeling to School Nutrition How Government Programs Encourage...

hearing will explore how physical activity good health and sound nutrition can enhance students ability to succeed in school and in life It alarms me that many health experts now predict that today s generation...are confronted by a twin epidemic of obesity and diabetes And many children are now experiencing health problems that used to affect...

of Exercise Science Associate Vice President for Health Sciences and Director of Children s Physical Activity Research Group Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina Columbia SC Download...Department of Health Services UCLA School of Public Health and Co Director UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity Los Angeles CA...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Tom Harkin D IA Chairman of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee praised the action plan released by the Task Force on Childhood Obesity this morning On February...Obama for taking up this fight and the task force for laying out a clear plan to solve this public health crisis I especially appreciate their...

Tom Harkin D IA Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions HELP today announced the selection of his team leaders for health education and labor and the development of a new investigation...around the issues that touch the daily lives of all Americans ensuring access to affordable quality health care and a continued...

the ability to make great strides to improve safety and health Since passage of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act and Occupational Safety and Health Act four decades ago countless lives have been saved...long past time to strengthen the critical laws that keep Americans safe on the job One area in our health and safety laws that needs particular...

this challenge various efforts to turn around our lowest performing schools and how to recruit and develop talented educators and school leaders This afternoon we will hear from experts who specialize in...One of the most stinging criticisms leveled at the No Child Left Behind Act is that it has caused schools especially those serving disadvantaged...

Washington D C U S Senator Mike Enzi R Wyo Ranking Member of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions HELP Committee made the following statement today at the fourth in a series of hearings on the...This reauthorization shouldn t be a top down directive solely from Washington far removed from local school districts teachers and students said...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Tom Harkin D IA Chairman of the Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee and of the Senate Appropriations panel that funds education initiatives introduced the Keep Our Educators...will create a 23 billion Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers principals librarians and other school personnel on the job as states face...