Youths’ Health and Learning Connection
Alex Mays & Rochelle Davis
Chapter seven highlights the critical connection between student health and academics, and how health disparities contribute to widening opportunity gaps within the education system.
“Ignoring health issues, or regarding them as outside the scope of educational priorities can undermine efforts to improve academic performance. Addressing the dual challenges of poor health and poor academic performance in underserved communities will give all children–regardless of ethnic or economic background–better opportunities for health and education.”