Building Healthy Schools
Together for Healthy and Successful Schools
Every student deserves a chance to succeed, no matter who they are, where they’re from, or how much money their family makes. Healthy schools are critical because health and education outcomes for children are directly connected. Healthy students achieve more in school. More education leads to a healthier, longer life. Healthy schools lead to healthy communities and a more equipped, mentally healthy generation of students.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools initiative to better understand the dynamics that come together in communities to create healthy schools.
This work was done through three lead grantees:
Health Equity Works, a research-based initiative housed in the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis that specializes in bringing quality, accessible research on health disparities into communities to accelerate action and change.
Child Trends, the nation’s leading research organization focused exclusively on improving the lives of children and youth, especially those who are most vulnerable.
America’s Promise Alliance, a partnership of nonprofits, businesses, communities, educators, and individuals devoted to creating conditions for success for all young people.
Healthy schools for every child are possible. Here’s how:
Effective state policies open the door to healthy schools.
Healthy schools for every child are possible. Here’s how:
School and district level actions empower all.
Healthy schools for every child are possible. Here’s how:
Community and youth play critical roles.
Healthy schools for every child are possible. Here’s how:
Building public will is possible.
The December 2020 special issue of the Journal of School Health features the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools initiative and further explores promising approaches for schools and communities to build healthy, safe and supportive school environments for every student.