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Quality Health Education for Stressed-Out Kids
Launched: February 29, 2008
This Action Expired: March 13, 2008
Description:
It's not like when we were 12 years old.
Today our kids face a much more complicated world than we ever imagined when we were their age, and it's taking its toll on their health. Many children are obese, stressed out, depressed or overexposed to sex and violence. Teen suicide is on the rise and alcohol, drug use and premarital sex are showing up in younger age groups.
Social and emotional health plays a critical role in a child's ability to learn, and California's schools are the first line of defense. The good news is that California is on the verge of passing its first-ever statewide standards (www.cde.ca.gov/ci/he/he/) ensuring quality health education in our public schools.
That means all students will get a guarantee of medically accurate, objective, and age-appropriate instruction on health issues that matter.
Unfortunately, the standards have been stalled before the State Board of Education for more than six months and California faces a March deadline to pass these standards.
Please send a letter to the Board of Education and help us demand it stop stalling and adopt real standards for health education.
Sample Letter for Campaign
Subject: Good Health Ed for All California Kids
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I'm writing to ask you to support the current draft of the Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, K-12, and to urge you to adopt these standards at your meeting on March 12-13, 2008.
We need all kids to have a school-based health education to help them build healthy lives. The current draft of the standards successfully identifies both the information and the skills that California's students will need - both now and in the future.
Please pass the standards now, so that the state can start developing a new Health Framework, adopting new health textbooks, and ensuring that California students receive the best health education our state can provide.
Sincerely,
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