As with all other areas of study covered in K-12 education, the State Board of Education sets frameworks for what students should be learning about health education.  This framework is based in the latest research about health and human development, and is developed with the collaboration of educators, public health officials, and many other experts.  There are many curricula – more specific guidelines aimed at particular age groups and subjects – that have been used to satisfy the requirements of the framework, some with greater success than others.  Just as it creates and disseminates frameworks for education, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education should compile and rank health curricula.  This will allow educators to choose the most effective models on which to base their own classroom instruction. 

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11.a    The Department of Education should compile models of successful evidence-based curricula.

11.b    School superintendents should adopt approved health and physical education curricula for their districts.

11.c    The Department of Education should update the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework to reflect current best practices