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Cooper R, Levin M. 2009. School breakfast in America's big cities. Washington, DC: Food Research and Action Center, 16 pp.

Annotation: This report examines the performance of school breakfast programs in 25 large urban school districts during the 2008-09 school year, based on the results of a survey sent to food service staff by the Food Research and Action Center. The aim of the report is to monitor urban schools' progress in increasing breakfast participation among low-income students. Included in the report are statistics on the percentage of low-income children receiving breakfast in school; barriers to participation; promising practices case studies; and recommendations for policymakers and urban school district administrators are also provided.

Contact: Food Research and Action Center, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 540, Washington, DC 20009, Telephone: (202) 986-2200 Fax: (202) 986-2525 Web Site: http://www.frac.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Low income groups, Nutrition programs, School breakfast programs, School health, Surveys, Urban schools

Acevedo-Garcia D, McArdle N, Osypuk TL, Lefkowitz B, Krimgold BK. 2007. Children left behind: How metropolitan areas are failing America's children. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health; Washington, DC: Center for the Advancement of Health, 42 pp., plus chartbook.

Annotation: This report describes the difficulties faced by children--particularly black and Hispanic children--living in metropolitan areas. The report conclusions are drawn from diversitydata.org, a new Web site profiling U.S. metropolitan areas, which are home to 80 percent of the nation's schools. The report focuses on the 100 metropolitan areas with the largest child populations. The report includes a detailed summary, which discusses background, findings, policy implications, levers for action, and models that work. References are included. The remainder of the report is a chartbook consisting of figures.

Contact: Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Telephone: (617) 495-1000 Web Site: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Blacks, Child development, Children, Education, Hispanics, Income factors, Low income groups, Racial factors, Schools, Statistical data, Urban populations

Greene JP, Forster G. 2004. Sex, drugs, and delinquency in urban and suburban public schools. New York, NY: Center for Civic Innovation, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 19 pp. (Education working paper; no. 4)

Annotation: This report discusses the perception that suburban schools are safer, more orderly, and more wholesome than urban schools. Using data on high school students from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the report looks at rates of sexual activity, pregnancy, smoking, alcohol use, substance abuse, and other types of delinquency in urban schools vs. suburban schools. The report also offers a conclusion. Statistical information is presented in a series of tables grouped together at the end of the report. The report also includes references and endnotes.

Contact: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Center for Civic Innovation, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 599-7000 Fax: (212) 599-3494 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.manhattan-institute.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescents, Delinquency, High schools, Safety, Smoking, Students, Substance abuse, Suburban population, Surveys, Urban population, Urban schools

Marx E. 2003. Stories from the field: Lessons learned about building coordinated school health programs. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 168 pp.

Annotation: This book addresses the challenge of making systemic changes in schools and school districts and examines how schools have incorporated strategies to promote student health and education outcomes. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 describes what coordinated school health programs are and why they are needed. Part 2 discusses practical considerations for implementing such programs, highlights key questions addressed in the stories included in part 3 of the book, and summarizes lessons learned. Part 3 presents nine stores of coordinated school health programs serving a range of socioeconomic and ethnic populations in rural, suburban, and urban settings throughout the United States. Part 4 concludes with a list of print and online resources and national organizations that can provide additional information.

Contact: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm Available in libraries.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Education, Rural populations, School districts, School health programs, School health services, Schools, Urban populations

Bullerdiek HW, Simpson PS, Peck MG. 1996. What works III: 1995 focus on school health in urban communities. Omaha, NE: CityMatch, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 226 pp., summ. (7 pp.)

Annotation: This report gives the findings of a 1995 survey of urban maternal and child health programs to determine their participation in school health. Part I describes the survey and its major findings. Part II describes the barriers urban health departments encounter as they become involved in school health, in the categories of attitudes, resources, society, and systems. Part III describes successful initiatives. Appendices provide the survey instrument, a directory of urban MCH programs, their involvement with school-based and school-linked health centers, a list of services provided, and a list of publications/resources reviewed. An executive summary is available separately. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: City health agencies, Directories, Financing, School health education, School health services, Surveys, Urban MCH programs, Urban schools

Bullerdiek HW, Simpson PS, Peck MG. 1995. What works III: Focus on school health in urban communities—1995 CityMatCH Survey of Urban and Child Health Programs. Omaha, NE: City MatCH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 181 pp.

Annotation: This book provides information on school health issues in urban areas from the perspective of local health departments. It discusses the results of the 1995 CityMatCH survey of school health in urban communities; the obstacles urban health departments are encountering as they become involved in school health and strategies for dealing with attitudes, resources, society, and systems; and current efforts, innovations, and funding sources for MCH programs. The volume ends with appendices, including the survey forms, a list of responding health departments, and a directory of MCH programs and leadership.

Keywords: Child health, City health agencies, Financing, Health programs, School health programs, Urban MCH programs, Urban schools

Lewis AC. 1995. Believing in ourselves: Progress and struggle in urban middle school reform, 1989-1995. New York, NY: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 125 pp.

Annotation: This book analyzes the results of a project funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to effect reform in urban middle schools, it is the third in a series of books about the five year project. The first two were called "Gaining Ground" and "Changing the Odds;" they reported on the conditions in the participating schools at the end of the second and fourth years. This book summarizes the project; it recounts efforts made to engage the affected parties: the teachers, professionals, principals, parents, and students. It also reviews the conditions affecting the reform process; it considers the interactions between various controlling forces affecting the process, assessment techniques, the unions, and the role of the school district administrators. A final section of the book considers future policy implications.

Contact: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 415 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 551-9100 Contact Phone: (212) 551-9100 Fax: (212) 421-9325 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.emcf.org/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Development, Educational change, Middle schools, Parent participation, Policies, Policy development, Principals, Professional personnel, Reform, Students, Teachers, Urban schools

Kober N. 1994. Caring schools, caring communities: An urban blueprint for comprehensive school health and safety. Washington, DC: Council of the Great City Schools, 30 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the conclusions of attendees at a National Invitational Symposium on Urban School Reform, Health, and Safety held in Washington, DC on December 12-13, 1993. The purpose of the symposium was to arrive at some consensus about how health and safety issues can be addressed in an integrated way by urban school districts and communities. The document discusses the connections among health, safety, and education, barriers to success, developing comprehensive reform, handling controversy, model school health and school violence programs, and community roles. Elements of a blueprint for action are presented.

Contact: Council of the Great City Schools, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 702, Washington, DC 20004, Telephone: (202) 393-2427 Fax: (202) 393-2400 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.cgcs.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Educational change, Health and safety, Urban schools