Education - Schools

To ensure a healthy community or society, one of the most important "social determinants of health" is the education system. School systems need assessment of student's health and the health and fitness programs of every school.

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a program developed by CDC, available free to any school. There are no public assessments yet, but the School Health Index is available at no charge for self-assessment. Assessment results are used to honor schools with best results, listing the "healthiest schools in America.", which no school in Colorado was listed.
• Education Super Highway (ESH) has provided data about broadband capacity of school districts across the country. Access to internet not only improves basic education factors, but would provide support for improvement in health and well-being. In Colorado, a coalition was established to enhance broadband access across the state as part of SETDA.
• Niche is a data aggregator with metrics of school excellence. There are rankings of school performance but no data sets for download.
• American Academy of Pediatricians - Council on School Health: "You cannot educate a child who is not healthy, and you cannot keep a child healthy who is not educated."
• Child Health - Colorado Childrens Campaign - See County Indicators for CDC Child Health Surveys
• CDPHE Survey of School Kids (Obesity 2-17) based on height and weight screening. A data set is needed, for downloading.

Without effective data transparency, no accountability.