tailieunhanh - WYOMING HEALTH EDUCATION CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Education should be free and compulsory as school fees often pose insurmountable blocks to children receiving an education. When poor families are forced to make difficult choices about household expendi- tures, school is often the first thing dropped, and daughters are often the first casualties. National education plans should work towards ending school fees and other hidden costs as part of well- planned educational reform strategies. By taking this step, countries will move closer to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of universal education, as well as parity in school attendance between orphans and non-orphans. Countries that have eliminated school fees, such as Kenya and Uganda, have witnessed skyrocketing school attendance. A rapid growth in. | WYOMING HEALTH EDUCATION CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RATIONALE Health literacy is the capacity of an individual to obtain interpret and understand basic health information and services and the competence to use such information and services in ways that enhance health and reduce health risks. Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards 1995 Revised by the Wyoming Health Education Standards Committee 2011 The academic success of America s youth is strongly linked with their health. Hunger physical and emotional abuse and chronic illness can lead to poor school Academic failure is consistently linked to health risk factors like the use of alcohol and other drugs violence sleep deprivation poor nutrition and physical inactivity. School attendance grades test scores and the ability to pay attention in class often falter when students engage in practices that negatively impact their Wyoming youth are not immune to these health and academic risks. Alcohol continues to be the most commonly reported substance used by students in 12 While some decline in alcohol use over the last decade has been seen more than 40 of Wyoming adolescents continue to report having had at least one drink of alcohol in the last 30 days and of them report having drunk alcohol before they were 13 years old. The use of chewing tobacco is on the rise with nearly twice as many Wyoming students using it during the past 30 days than their national counterparts. Bullying and violence thoughts about suicide and engaging in risky sexual behavior are also reported by more Wyoming students than the national average. Twenty-first century learners face challenges to their health safety and educational success that extend beyond those their parents and grandparents faced - in part because of the digital age in which they were born. The immersion of the Internet and other technologies into their daily lives has altered the way these digital natives .