http://www.innovationlabs.com/blog2/2009/10/school-violence-painful-lessons/ A Case for Reinventing Public Schools Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.innovationlabs.com/blog2/2009/10/school-violence-painful-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-34 circle Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:58:05 +0000 http://www.innovationlabs.com/blog2/?p=113#comment-34 I think that safety in schools goes beyond just stopping kids from hurting one another. There are other things that negatively impact the children's health at work in the classroom. I'm concerned about what schools are using to disinfect for H1N1. Cleaning supplies are often more hazardous than the H1N1virus itself. Here are some resources to help parents and teachers determine what their schools are using, and what they should be using: <a href="http://bit.ly/H1N1Schools" rel="nofollow">H1N1 in Schools</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/EWGGreenSchools" rel="nofollow">Environmental Working Group Report on Schools</a> It all starts with asking your school how often they clean it (EVERY DAY should be the answer!). I think that safety in schools goes beyond just stopping kids from hurting one another. There are other things that negatively impact the children's health at work in the classroom. I'm concerned about what schools are using to disinfect for H1N1. Cleaning supplies are often more hazardous than the H1N1virus itself. Here are some resources to help parents and teachers determine what their schools are using, and what they should be using: H1N1 in Schools and Environmental Working Group Report on Schools It all starts with asking your school how often they clean it (EVERY DAY should be the answer!).

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