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Download full textRegional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
To assess education progress in the early grades and identify achievement gaps, this study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public Schools). Drawing on a different reading assessment in each district, the study team…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
Lewis Presser, A.; Lavigne, H.; Bowdon, J.; Lemieux, C.; Zhang, X.; Xia, J. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
To assess education progress in the early grades and identify achievement gaps, this study examined reading achievement data for kindergarten and grade 1 students in two districts in Illinois: District U-46 (Elgin Area Schools) and District 186 (Springfield Public Schools). Drawing on a different reading assessment in each district, the study team…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
Healthy Schools Campaign, 2018
Schools are the ideal setting for combining state health and education goals for all children. Children and adolescents spend more time in schools than in any other environment outside of their homes. They also form foundational health habits during their school years. By emphasizing school health and wellness, state leadership can support both…
Descriptors: Child Health, Educational Policy, School Health Services, Educational Environment
Direct linkChristian, Greg; O'Malley, Paul – School Business Affairs, 2012
Given a choice, most administrators, staff, and students would probably choose food from home over the school offerings. What about those without a choice? Students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch are stuck with school lunches, which are sometimes the most balanced meal they'll get that day. Many others opt for school lunches out of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Organizational Change, Long Range Planning, Lunch Programs
Kish, Stacy – Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 2008
Communities across the nation are fighting the increased incidence of childhood obesity and Type II diabetes. With funding from USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), a group in Illinois is promoting environmental sustainability and healthy eating habits in young Americans. Seven Generations Ahead's…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Nutrition Instruction, Food, Health Promotion
Jeffers, Myrtis Keels – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
By contrast with other education and school service programs, the school lunch is new. Like any other new program, time is required to work out in detail its proper placement in the school organization, its exact functions in relation to the total school program, and the characteristics which tend to make it a part of the educational program, yet…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Laws, State Departments of Education, State Schools
Narins, Dorice M.; Hill, Virginia R. – 1982
Because of the importance of nutrition during teenage pregnancies, the Illinois State Council on Nutrition held public hearings in Chicago and in Carbondale, areas having a high incidence of infant mortality. Several issues were identified: (1) effects on nutrition of low income, poor nutrition habits, and lack of understanding of the increased…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Congenital Impairments, Eating Habits
Parker, Trisha; Warner, Lindsay; Zasadny, Julie – 2002
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on 24 indicators in the areas of family, health, safety, education, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) living arrangements for children; (2) teen births; (3) children in foster/substitute care; (4) foster…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
