ing opened her discussion of the movement in other countries with the remark that she would begin with the United States, as so little was done there. Since then the number of cities having begun the practical experiment of furnishing lunches in elementary schools has grown from three to thirty. Moreover, the work is under consideration in about thirty other cities. Judging by the rate of expan...

This study is a follow-up analysis of the 2012 study titled‚ A Study of the Availability of Multicultural Children’s Literature in Treasure Valley Schools: Quality, Access, and Inclusion. The focus of the initial study was the quantity of multicultural literature available in elementary schools; the focus of the current study is the selection process of the literature. Quality multicultural lit...

Scholars suggest that racial/ethnic and class disparities in school-based social capital contribute to educational inequalities. Previous studies demonstrate that social capital (relations of trust, mutual expectations, and shared values) between parents and schools supports children's development. Yet we know little about the emergence of social capital, that is, the processes through which it...

CONTEXT Children from low-income and minority families are often behind higher-income and majority children in language, cognitive, and social development even before they enter school. Because educational achievement has been shown to improve long-term health, addressing these delays may foster greater health equity. This systematic review assesses the extent to which full-day kindergarten (FD...

The children from immigrant families in the United States make up a historically diverse population, and they are demonstrating just as much diversity in their experiences in the K-12 educational system. Robert Crosnoe and Ruth López Turley summarize these K-12 patterns, paying special attention to differences in academic functioning across segments of the immigrant population defined by genera...

OBJECTIVE Social science and health literature have identified residential segregation as a critical factor in exposure to health-related resources, including food environments. Differential spatial patterning of food environments surrounding schools has significant import for youth. We examined whether fast food restaurants clustered around schools in New York City, and whether any observed cl...

Administrators in five highly effective elementary schools were studied. These leaders, through acts of will and insight, had given up iconic and heroic leadership status, so that school leadership might be shared. Leadership has a significant effect on student learning. Principals’ influence is often indirect, works through others, and happens best by developing teachers’ efficacy in curriculu...

In order to study the prevalence of Tinea capitis in elementary schools of Kerman, a total population of 6265 students were selected at random from twenty elementary schools (10 boys, and 10 girls, schools). Out of this population, 75 students 25 girls and 50 boys) who were suspected in having Tinea capitis infection were further studied. The results of the direct examinations and cultures on s...

OBJECTIVE Studies in other countries have shown that school tobacco control policy has potential to prevent smoking uptake in adolescents. Since no Canadian research has studied this association, we assessed the statistical link between school tobacco policy and smoking status in Ontario elementary and secondary schools. METHODS We conducted secondary analysis of data collected using the Scho...

This paper reports on a new pedagogy for Chinese language teaching and learning at elementary schools through exploratory classroom instruction using Information and Communication Technologies. The study used quantitative method to collect data from two elementary schools of China. The results showed that:(1) the three-in-one pedagogy of “character recognition, in-class reading and in-class wri...