OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and severity of dental caries and to assess treatment needs among schoolchildren aged 6 and 12 in Blumenau, Brazil, and to compare the results found for private and public schools. METHODS A schoolchildren population of Blumenau, SC, Brazil, was studied. A random sample of 1,473 schoolchildren from Blumenau, Brazil, was obtained. Four strata were studied:...

NATIONAL TRENDS Dental schools In 1950, there were 42 dental schools in the US, 60% of which were affi liated with private universities (Figure 1). With some government assistance and support from a growing applicant pool, the number of dental schools increased to 60 by 1978. Most of this growth was in schools that were affi liated with public universities; they represented 58% of the schools a...

The aim of this study was to analyze the association of cognitive restraint (CR), uncontrolled eating (UE), and emotional eating (EE) with body max index (BMI) among elementary schools children in Mexico. 5th and 6th grade students were recruited from two schools. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and BMI was calculated. Overweight and obese children were classified accordin...

This paper examines the academic performance of migrant students in China and explores determinants of their performance. The paper compares academic performance, student backgrounds and measures of school quality between private schools attended only by migrant children in Beijing (Beijing migrant schools) and rural public schools in Shaanxi province. Furthermore, we employ multivariate regres...

Rural residents in China today face at least two key decisions: a) where to live and work; and b) where to send their children to school. In this paper we study the second decision: should a rural parent send their child to a public rural school or have him or her attend a private migrant school in the city. While there is an existing literature on the impact of this decision on student academi...

Objective Two hypotheses were tested: 1. People from privileged backgrounds had better survival than those from less privileged backgrounds. 2. The advantages of privilege were vitiated by fraternity membership. Methods A 55-year retrospective cohort study of survival since 1960 of 945 graduates of Yale College followed to 2015. Results The survival of graduates of private secondary schools...

BACKGROUND Schools can be an important setting for the prevention of overweight. This nation-wide survey investigated changes in the obesogenity of the school environment, the awareness of schools regarding overweight, school health policy, and actions taken by schools to prevent overweight. METHODS In 2006/2007 and 2010/2011, questionnaires were sent to all Dutch secondary schools, (n = 1250...

This paper is based on a national study of school leadership in Chile. Surveys were administered during the 2009 school year to school directors and teachers in 649 urban elementary schools across Chile’s three education sectors: municipal schools, government subsidized private schools, and non-subsidized private schools. While nearly all principals reported high levels of satisfaction and indi...

The purpose of this study is to construct a student-based performance evaluation model for business schools in Taiwan. College graduates’ starting wage and their multiple abilities cultivated in school are used as performance indicators. The value-added forms of these indicators are employed to assess the pure impact of school on graduate’s performance. To prevent impractical indicator weights,...

Does the government control of school systems facilitate equality in school quality? There is a trade-off. On the one hand, government direct control of schools, typically through a large scale hierarchical organization, could produce equalization across schools, providing for uniformity in inputs, standards, teacher qualifications that localized, individually managed, schools could not achieve...