INTRODUCTION The Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Healthy Schools Program (HSP) is a national evidence-based obesity-prevention initiative aimed at providing the schools in greatest need with onsite training and technical assistance (TTA) and consultation with national experts (HSP national advisors) to create sustainable healthy change in schools' nutrition and physical activity environme...

PURPOSE In 2002 a survey of European dental schools was conducted. The purpose of the survey was to determine the curricular structure, teaching philosophies and materials used in predoctoral implant dentistry courses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six European dental schools were randomly selected from the Association for Dental Education in Europe representing 33 countries. A questionnaire wa...

Despite the voluminous literature on the potentials of single-sex schools, there is no consensus on the effects of single-sex schools because of student selection of school types. We exploit a unique feature of schooling in Seoul-the random assignment of students into single-sex versus coeducational high schools-to assess causal effects of single-sex schools on college entrance exam scores and ...

1. Descriptive Analysis This study uses a subset of NELS students enrolled in urban schools. The primary reason why we focus on students at urban schools is that most private schools are located in those areas. 65.3 percent of 1,441 NELS individuals enrolled in private schools are present in municipal areas. 1 80.8 percent of Catholic school students reside in urban places. 2 Moreover, private ...

During the preschool years assessment is an on-going process, ideally in a nursery school with specially trained staff. In doubtful cases the child may start in a special school and be promoted to an ordinary school. The responsibility for placing a child in an ordinary school is a serious one because failure can be a searing experience for the child. A child who has to be transferred from a no...

ISSN 0428-1276 In the last century, public schools changed in ways that dramatically reduced the control that parents have over their local schools. Regaining that control is one key to improving the quality of our schools, and giving students a choice of schools is one way of increasing the influence that parents have over the way schools are run. Several types of school choice have arisen in ...

background: educational centers have higher standards for controlling noise pollution as it has been shown that noise pollution is a major cause of discomfort for teachers and students. noise pollution reduces concentration, interferes in the conversation, and leads to dropouts and lower grades especially in mathematics. the present study aimed to evaluate noise pollution in the schools of birj...

The involvement of parents in Zimbabwean schools is governed by Statutory Instrument 87 of 1992 (SI87) for non-government schools and Statutory Instrument 379 of 1998 (SI379) (Bowora and Mpofu, 1998) for government schools. Non-government schools are run by School Development Committees (SDCs) and government schools are run by School Development Associations (SDAs). It is argued that comprehens...

BACKGROUND Studies examining the correlates of school transport commonly fail to make the distinction between morning and afternoon school trips. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of mode shift from passive in the morning to active in the afternoon among elementary and secondary school students in Ontario, Canada. METHODS Data were derived from the 2009 cy...

Despite constant and numerous improvements and innovations in education systems worldwide, usage of computers and software in learning and teaching subject Visual arts on the elementary school level is not common and is therefore not widespread. Preliminary empiric research has proved that this is not only a Croatian, but an international problem. With the awareness of those facts, in short, it...