Doerr school of sustainability articles
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Polk Middle School gets federal award for sustainability
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Polk Middle School is a "Green Ribbon School." The award highlights efforts to go green. "It's just definitely a super exciting day," Polk Middle School Principal Ben Bustos told KRQE. "It has been a work in progress since 2019 . . . it's been []
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70% of Sheffield primary schools make commitment to healthy and sustainable food
The schools have joined forced with Food for Life, making a commitment to embed a good food culture by serving healthy and sustainable food and teaching pupils where food comes from through growing, cooking and farming activities. Food for Life works with primary schools instilling a good food culture with fresh ingredients and food education. The Food for Life programme in Sheffield is delivered as part of Eat Smart Sheffield, a public health initiative. Fifty schools have received an Eat...
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Sheffield schools: 19 secondary schools issuing the most permanent exclusions including King Ecgbert School
It is extremely rare for educators to decide that a pupil cannot return to their schools - it is the absolute last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Children must be in education. It is a legal requirement and means if a child is subject to a permanent exclusion from one school then the local authority must arrange full-time education as soon as possible. Nineteen of Sheffield’s secondary schools issued permanent exclusions during the 2021-22 academic year. See if your local...