History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Study links pupils' stress to school environments
- 03-09-2011
-
By Nirvi Shah/Education Week
Between inadequate supplies, rundown school buildings, and disrespected teachers buried in paperwork, school can be stressful for 1st graders, who are in a fragile place in their educational lives, according to a study released Wednesday. The study, based on interviews with more than 10,700 1st-grade parents and teachers in spring 2000, is being published in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, a quarterly publication of the Washington-based American Sociological Association. For children who are poor, such psychological stresses may be magnified, because they are more likely to experience “harsher, more noxious conditions in school compared with children occupying more advantaged statuses,” wrote the study authors, sociology professor Melissa A. Milkie, at the University of Maryland in College Park, and Catharine H. Warner, a doctoral candidate in the sociology department. (more...)
Send this
Print this
