"The Challenge", a publication of the US Department of Education's office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, provides critical information and resources to assist schools in creating safe and healthy environments for young people. Topics of interest in this issue area: (1) Safe Schools: Academic Success Depends on It; (2) Educating the Whole Child; (3) Healthy People 2010: The Nation's Youths Are High Priority; and (4) Food for Thought: Healthy Habits Begin at Home and School. ["The Challenge" is published by Learning Systems Group under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.]