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State Policies That Support Healthy Schools, School Year 2019-2020
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Temkin, Deborah; Piekarz-Porter, Elizabeth; Lao, Kristy; Nuñez, Brissa; Steed, Heather; Stuart-Cassel, Victoria; Chriqui, Jamie F. – Child Trends, 2021
In 2019, Child Trends partnered with the Institute for Health Research and Policy of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC-IHRP), EMT Associates, Inc., and the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) to publish the first comprehensive policy analysis (see ED613844) to explore codified state statutes and regulations covering…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, State Regulation, Policy Analysis
Using State Policy to Create Healthy Schools: Coverage of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Framework in State Statutes and Regulations, School Year 2017-2018. Publication # 2019-09
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Chriqui, Jamie; Stuart-Cassel, Victoria; Piekarz-Porter, Elizabeth; Temkin, Deborah; Lao, Kristy; Steed, Heather; Harper, Kristen; Leider, Julien; Gabriel, Alexander – Child Trends, 2019
A healthy school is one that fully supports a student's academic, physical, emotional, and social well-being. Increasingly, state education policies are moving beyond a focus on academic mastery to include aspects of healthy schools. Despite a growing knowledge base that stresses important linkages among aspects of well-being, policies tend to…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Well Being, Mental Health
Parental Involvement in Middle Childhood: Can It Protect Children from Harmful TV Viewing Habits and Behavior? Fact Sheet. Publication #2008-28
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Mbwana, Kassim; Moore, Kristin Anderson – Child Trends, 2008
School-age children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleeping. Although some studies have suggested that watching educational programs can have positive effects on learning and behavior, numerous studies have found an association between television viewing and negative childhood outcomes. This study finds that…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Children, Time
Child Health and Well-Being in Miami-Dade County: 2007 Baseline Survey Results. Final Report
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Lippman, Laura; Guzman, Lina; Vandivere, Sharon; Atienza, Astrid; Rivers, Andrew – Child Trends, 2007
In January through April 2007, the Children's Trust sponsored a population-based survey of parents of children ages birth through 17 in Miami-Dade County to provide a baseline of data on child health and well-being, and to discern unmet needs for services in the Trust's primary impact areas and strategic investments. The survey was conducted by…
Descriptors: Child Health, Surveys, Parents, Counties