The Global Search for Education: A Healthy Start for All
“The best investments a country can make are in good maternal and infant care. Not only will this save lives; it will help produce a society of healthy and productive adults.” — Governor Madeleine Kunin Poverty, ignorance, poor health and undernutrition trap the lives of mothers and infants in vicious cycles according to the findings of a Symposium on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition in Emerging Markets that...
The Global Search for Education: Health and Higher Achievement
“Highly prevalent, specific health problems have powerful effects on students’ motivation and ability to learn, and have not been addressed well in our nation’s schools.” — Chuck Basch Student health problems illustrate a compelling but generally neglected influence on the US domestic achievement gap, according to Dr. Charles (Chuck) Basch, author of Healthier Students Are Better Learners. In...
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