Educating Children in Rural Schools: Does Nutrition Really Matter?

James D Laub

doi:10.4172/2472-1786.100001

Abstract

Citation: Laub JD. Educating Children in Rural Schools: Does Nutrition Really Matter?. J Child Dev Disord. 2015, 1:1. Public education in America is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that is funded almost exclusively by tax dollars. As an emerging part of this picture, rural public schools have been an integral part of the American cultural landscape for over 200 years. Rural public school districts are defined as a school or district that is located in a place outside of a metropolitan statistical area and has a population of fewer than 2,500 persons (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015).

Highlights

Public education in America is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that is funded almost exclusively by tax dollars
Nutrition and a balanced diet are essential for adequate maturation and biological functioning, especially in the early childhood and young adolescents
Any nutritional deficit may lead to alterations in growth, brain functioning and the cognitive process, in language tasks, which precedes the acquisition and application of reading skills and comprehension [3]

Summary

Introduction

Public education in America is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that is funded almost exclusively by tax dollars. Nutrition and a balanced diet are essential for adequate maturation and biological functioning, especially in the early childhood and young adolescents.

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