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ERIC Number: ED617418
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Apr
Pages: 16
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Using Needs Assessments to Connect Learning + Health: Opportunities in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Healthy Schools Campaign
The link between health and learning is clear: healthy, active and well-nourished children are more likely to attend school, arrive ready to learn and stay engaged in class. Yet far too many students spend their days in schools that do not offer them adequate clean air and water, nutritious food, physical activity and the support of a school nurse. This guide is intended to highlight the ways that school needs assessments required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) can be a valuable tool in identifying, understanding and addressing health conditions that contribute to poor academic performance. It provides child advocates, community leaders, school personnel and other key stakeholder groups with the information that they need to convince their state and local education leaders to make health and wellness a significant component of the needs assessment and school improvement process. [This report was prepared by Alliance for a Healthier Generation.]
Healthy Schools Campaign. 2545 West Diversey Avenue Suite 214, Chicago, IL 60647. Tel: 312-419-1810; e-mail: info@healthyschoolscampaign.org; Web site: https://healthyschoolscampaign.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Authoring Institution: Healthy Schools Campaign
Identifiers - Location: Colorado; Maine; North Carolina
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A