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8 Developing and Implementing K-12 National Nutrition Education Curriculum Standards
Pages 73-76

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... Following the breakout discussions, Robert Crosnoe, professor in the Department of Sociology and the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and other members of the planning committee synthesized the breakout groups' discussions, which were reported by Karen Cullen, chair of the planning committee. The observations summarized below should not be seen as consensus views of the workshop session 73
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... DEVELOPING IMPLEMENTABLE AND EFFECTIVE STANDARDS With regard to question 2, many of the breakout group participants suggested that nutrition education be linked to the Common Core standards currently available or being developed. However, some participants thought while nutrition education could be integrated with other subjects, the subject may also need to be treated on its own periodically to ensure that nutrition information does not get blurred and lost.
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... CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING STANDARDS Three of the breakout groups addressed the question about challenges in developing and implementing nutrition education curriculum standards. Various group participants identified costs and resources, political will, and time, along with who will deliver and implement standards where and when, as possible obstacles.
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... The framework developed by the National Research Council (NRC, 2012) for the development of the Common Core science standards was cited as a particularly valuable model for the development of standards.
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