Adolescents who do not get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight; not engage in daily physical activity; suffer from depressive symptoms; engage in unhealthy risk behaviors such as drinking, smoking tobacco, and using illicit drugs; and perform poorly in school. However, insufficient sleep is common among high school students, with less than one third of U.S. high school students sleepi...

in bavaria, about 1.7 million children walk, ride a bike or take the bus to school. it is important that they all get to school and back home again safely. in the last few decades, we in bavaria have been able to significantly improve safety on children’s way to school. in the mid 1970s, up to 35 children were killed in accidents every year on their way to school. in the last few years, we have...

introduction: students in elementary schools due to the physical and behavioral characteristics more than adults have exposed to environmental hazards. this study was conducted to examine the environmental health and safety indices in girls' elementary schools in ilam city. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out via census sampling method in girls' elementar...

Although the twentieth century has witnessed two major waves ofgrade reorganization in American public. schools, little empirical evidence exists pertaining to the effects of grade span the range of grades making up schools on academic achievement. In the present study, a series of production functions was employed to examine the influence ofgrade span, and several control variables, on eighth-...

BACKGROUND Despite the potential population-level impact of a health-promoting schools approach, schools face challenges in implementation, indicating a gap between school health research and practice. Knowledge exchange provides an opportunity to reduce this gap; however, there has been limited evaluation of these initiatives. This research explored researchers' and knowledge users' perception...

The study was conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between the Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) and student academic performance. Data were collected from schools and the community for three reports for 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC). The School Health Policies and Programs Survey (SHPPS), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and the U.S...

This presentation reports on the goals and preliminary outcomes of the Child-Parent Centers (CPC) Expansion Project, which is a PreK to 3 rd grade school reform model aimed at improving the shortand long-term outcomes of participating children and families. The model provides continuous education and family support services to schools serving a large percentage of lowincome children. The model ...

The United States Commissioner of Education called a conference recently in Chicago, of persons particularly interested in the field of elementary education, to consider what changes were necessary and practicable in order to improve the elementary school system of the country for the purpose of meeting after-war conditions in a satisfactory and scientific manner. At every point, it seems to me...

Information on schools’ performance is central to the school choice process in England. This paper evaluates school performance tables against criteria of functionality, relevance, and comprehensibility. We estimate a model to judge functionality by setting up the following question: “In which feasible school will my child achieve the highest exam score?” We show that neither of the current lea...

abstract aim and background: parenting styles are particular methods that parents use of them in nurturing of their children.the aim of this study was comparing parenting styles of mothers of pre-school children with and without intellectual disabilities. method and material: this is a causal-comparative research.the statistical population of this research includes the whole mothers of pre-scho...