Out-of-School Factors

02/12/2010

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A new report makes a case for paying more attention to the critical role that out-of-school factors have on children's school success. Commenting on his report, "Poverty and Potential Out-of-School Factors and School Success", author David C. Berliner, a professor of educational leadership at Arizona State University, observed, "As wonderful as some teachers and schools are, most cannot eliminate inequalities that have their roots outside their doors."

Berliner's research focuses on 7 out-of-school factors that influence student's academic success and lead to inequalities among children:

prenatal care
health care
food insecurity
environmental pollutants
family stress
neighborhood characteristics
extended learning opportunities

The report calls for, among other things, the nation to provide high-quality preschools for all children and universal free medical care.

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