Many who work at hospitals, K-12 schools or colleges understand the importance of regularly testing a campus’ emergency plans to enhance safety and security for all. Scenario-based training exercises, ...

Developing a school staff’s capacity to respond in an emergency is always problematic. Time for effective training is always the concern. Teachers jealously protect precious student contact and ...

After school push-ups. Endless sit-ups. Long-distance runs. Some teachers at Orchard View High School are working extra hard to be good role models for their colleagues and students. About a dozen ...

We are often admonished to exercise. It’s anti-inflammatory—we're told. You’ll have fewer heart attacks and strokes. Fewer tumors. Clearly less Alzheimer’s disease. And you might lose weight and look ...

So what does it take to make the grade as Teacher of the Year? Keen senses, for one thing. In the middle of the leg lifts, gym teacher Sharon-Diane McAtee happened to look over her shoulder and found ...

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. Her ...