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Schools Are Key to Improving Children's Health: How States Can Leverage Medicaid Funds to Expand School-Based Health Services
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Mays, Alex; O'Rourke, Lena – Healthy Schools Campaign, 2020
Research shows that access to school health services improves health and academic outcomes, particularly for students with chronic health issues. Finding sustainable funding has been an ongoing struggle. This policy brief presents opportunities to expand access to--and resources for--school health services using available Medicaid funds. In…
Descriptors: Child Health, School Health Services, Federal Programs, Access to Health Care
Governors Draw Roadmap toward Common Ground on State Education. Policy Update. Vol. 26, No. 3
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Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2019
In 2019, almost all governors spoke on education concerns in their "state of the state addresses," including school funding, career and technical education, postsecondary funding and financial aid, early childhood education, and teacher pay. According to this National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) analysis, in…
Descriptors: State Officials, Educational Policy, Speeches, Early Childhood Education
Developing a National Snapshot of Pesticide Use Practices in Childcare Centers Using Three Different Communication Venues
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Anderson, Marcia – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
Children spend as much as ten hours per day, five days a week in childcare centers and preschools. In providing healthy environments, these facilities deal with a variety of pest and pesticide issues influenced by their geographic location, local environment, and pesticide regulations. Some rely extensively on pesticides while others use…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Poisoning, Toxicology, Child Health