[regional_school] Re: Health & Education
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- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:16:11 EDT
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03/16/2010
Health and Education
If educators and federal officials are serious about closing
academic-achievement gaps, they need to better coordinate efforts to address
the health
disparities that impede learning for students from disadvantaged groups,
according to a study reported in _Education Week_
(http://mail.ccie.com/go/eed/4305) .
“'At the national level, we’re on the verge of investing billions in our
educational system, and the return on those investments is going to be
jeopardized unless these health issues are addressed in a much more cogent
way,' said the study’s author, Charles E. Basch, a professor of health and
education at Teachers College, Columbia University. For his study, Mr. Basch
reviewed more than 300 studies in education, psychology, health, and other
areas, looking for health disparities that would provide strategic leverage
points for improving student learning. In particular, Basch looked at six
'educationally relevant health disparities:'
- vision problems
- asthma
- teenage pregnancy
- aggression & violence
- physical inactivity
- lack of breakfast
- inattention & hyperactivity
"Federal data show that asthma problems, for example, affect 8.8 percent
of white children between the ages of 5 and 14, compared with 21.5 percent
of Puerto Rican children and 12.8 percent of African-American children in
that age range, and are particularly prevalent in the nation’s largest
cities. Compared with children without the condition, some studies have also
found, children with asthma tend to have more problems with concentration and
memory, to have their sleep disrupted, and to miss more days of school.
One 2003 estimate, in fact, blamed the disorder for 12.8 million school
absences across the country that year."
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