> figuring out how to provide kids with fresh air, nutritious food, sunlight, and adequate sleep
Most of these are already known, which is the more frustrating thing. The 1001st paper on teenage sleep isn't going to suddenly make schools change their tune. They simply do not care. In the US it is illegal to offer whole milk in elementary school because the USDA says so because of completely insane rules from the 1980's when nutrition science was at its worst.
The only way you can really fight these forces is by exiting (homeschooling, private schooling).
Most of these are already known, which is the more frustrating thing. The 1001st paper on teenage sleep isn't going to suddenly make schools change their tune. They simply do not care. In the US it is illegal to offer whole milk in elementary school because the USDA says so because of completely insane rules from the 1980's when nutrition science was at its worst.
The only way you can really fight these forces is by exiting (homeschooling, private schooling).