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In case you missed our webinar “Integrating Health and Education to Reduce Disparities: Emerging Models”, here is the link to the VIDEO. The webinar featured Dr. Tina Cheng and Dr. Kate Connor from the Rales Center; Dr. Priscilla Chan from the Primary School in California; Luisa Buada, RN CEO of the Ravenswood Family Health Center; Sandra Cotterell, RN chief executive officer of the Codman Square Health Center and Thabiti Brown, MA head of the Command Academy Public Charter School. The webinar was sponsored by the DC-Baltimore Research Center on Child Health Disparities and the JH Rales Center for the integration of Health and Education.

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Join us for our next webinar “Integrating Health and Education to Reduce Disparities: Emerging Models” on April 17th at 12 pm (EST).  This webinar is an introduction to the innovative school/healthcare partnerships aimed at improving child health and education in three different cities in the United Stated.  REGISTER HERE

Days of Taste is a national nutrition education program which brings professional chefs, farmers, and volunteers to schools to teach students about food, taste, and nutrition. During this school year, fourth grade students at KIPP had the opportunity to participate in this program. As part of this three-day program students learn from chefs where food comes from and how their tongue experiences different tastes (sweet, sour, salty, etc.) by sampling different foods. The students then go to a local farm to see how their food grows, taste food right off the vine, and learn about the importance of eating local. Lastly the students work with the chefs to create a salad with local, seasonal produce that demonstrates the importance of balancing tastes. This program will now be offered yearly at the school