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• A cross cultural assessment of health promotion/disease prevention programs.

  1/1/88 - Connor, R. F.

• A road map for mathematics achievement for all students: findings from the national mathematics panel

  1/1/09 - Brown, C.,

  The eminence, safety, and well-being of nations have been entwined for centuries with the ability of their people to deal with sophisticated quantitative ideas. Leading societies have commanded mathematical skills that have brought them advantages in medicine and health, in technology and commerce, in navigation and exploration, in defense and finance, and in the ability to understand past failures and to forecast future developments. History is full of examples. During most of the 20th...

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  Addressing Students Mental Health Needs through Equity-Grounded Early Intervening Services

  1/13/09 - Federico Waitoller, Kathleen A. King, Elizabeth B. Kozleski

  Presentation designed to give an overview of Early Intervening and Its Connection to Disproportionality, Tensions in the Field of EBD, Emerging Early Intervening Practices, Limitations of Early Intervening Practices and Equity-Grounded Early Intervening Services

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  Children's Mental Health: What every policymaker should know

  1/16/10 - Shannon Stagman, Janice L. Cooper

  Mental health is a key component in a child’s healthy development; children need to be healthy in order to learn, grow, and lead productive lives. The mental health service delivery system in its current state does not sufficiently meet the needs of children and youth, and most who are in need of mental health services are not able to access them. With the addition of effective treatments, services, and supports, the mental health system can become better equipped to help children and...

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  Developing the capacity for scaling up the effective use of evidence-based programs in State Departments of Education

  1/3/09 - Fixsen, D. L., Blase, K.A., Horner, R., Sugai, G.

  The significant investment in developing evidence-based practices and other innovations will be “worth it” if it helps further the education of students and benefit their families and communities. The State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center helps States establish adequate capacity to carry out effective implementation, organization change, and system transformation strategies to maximize the academic achievement and behavioral health outcomes for...

• Disparities in Academic Achievement and Health: The Intersection of Child Education and Health Policy

  1/1/09 - Fiscella, Kevin, Kitzman, Harriet

  Recent data suggest that that the United States is failing to make significant progress toward the Healthy People 2010 goal of eliminating health disparities. One missing element from the US strategy for achieving this goal is a focus on gaps in child development and achievement. Academic achievement and education seem to be critical determinants of health across the life span and disparities in one contribute to disparities in the other. Despite these linkages, national policy treats child...

• Do Americans really like children?

  1/1/94 - Goetting, Ann

  Argues that the US as a nation does not really like children, an argument supported by the substantial numbers of children who experience an array of preventable burdens. Statistics are offered on such topics as the high rate of infant mortality, low rankings in academic achievement, and the high rate of poverty among children. The gap between achievers and nonachievers continues to expand, producing a large number of children at high risk for never becoming productive members of society. A...

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  Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Four State Case Studies

  1/26/10 - Kimberly Moherek Sopko

  "This in-depth policy analysis provides a background of the early childhood mental health (ECMH) focus of many organizations and legal elements of why it is essential that children with disabilities be included in a comprehensive mental health system. Findings from interviews with four state early childhood staff (i.e., the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B section 619 and Part C staff) were conducted around select components of mental health: Connecticut – consultation...

• Effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement

  1/1/08 - Gibb, Sheree J., Fergusson, David M., Horwood, L. John

  This study examined the effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement to age 25. Data were drawn from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 individuals born in 1977 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After adjustment for a series of covariates related to school choice, there were significant differences between single-sex and coeducational schools in the size and direction of the gender gap...

• Effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement

  1/1/08 - Gibb, Sheree J., Fergusson, David M., Horwood, L. John

  This study examined the effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement to age 25. Data were drawn from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 individuals born in 1977 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After adjustment for a series of covariates related to school choice, there were significant differences between single-sex and coeducational schools in the size and direction of the gender gap...

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  Empowering Families of Children with Health or Mental Health Needs to Partner with Schools

  1/2/09 - Chandra Keller-Allen

  This presentation addresses importance of family engagement to assist children with mental health needs in the school

• Ethnic disparities in special education labeling among children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  1/1/08 - Mandell, David S., Davis, Jasmine K., Bevans, Katherine, Guevara, James P.

  The authors examined disparities in special education labeling among children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by merging calendar year 2002 special education records and Medicaid mental health claims for 4,852 children who had been diagnosed with ADHD in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thirty-eight percent were receiving special education services. In adjusted analyses, Black children were less likely than White children to receive these services (odds ratio...

• Evaluating the elimination of disparities: issues and approaches to health status and outcomes assessment

  9/1/98 - Wells, Barbara L., Conviser, Richard

  Part of a special issue on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Most HRSA evaluation activities are funded through the 1 percent evaluation set-aside authority, and these are most closely examined within the agency. The framework for planning and creating priorities for evaluation studies is provided by agency, bureau, and program strategic plans, in addition to Department of Health and Human Services priorities. Studies that determine the extent to which HRSA is...

• Exacerbating inequality: the failed promise of the No Child Left Behind Act

  1/1/07 - Hursh, David

  The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) marks the largest intervention of the federal government into education in the history of the United States. NCLB received and continues to receive support, in part because it promises to improve student learning and to close the achievement gap between White students and students of color. However, NCLB has failed to live up to its promises and may exacerbate inequality. Furthermore, by focusing on education as the solution to social and...

• From Research to Policy and Practice: The School of the 21st Century

  1/1/07 - Zigler, Edward, Finn-Stevenson, Matia

  Current education reform policies focus on raising academic achievement and ensuring that all students have access to high-quality education. Because the achievement gap is apparent even before children enter school, the authors believe that education reform must encompass the early childhood years. The current dialogue about universal preschool presents an opportunity to address the need for a national system for early care and education. The authors believe this system should provide...

• Health Disparities and Gaps in School Readiness

  1/1/05 - Currie, Janet

  The author documents pervasive racial disparities in the health of American children and analyzes how and how much those disparities contribute to racial gaps in school readiness. She explores a broad sample of health problems common to U.S. children, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, asthma, and lead poisoning, as well as maternal health problems and health-related behaviors that affect children's behavioral and cognitive readiness for school. If a health problem is to...