most children. Hence, the last section of this chapter offers a brief review of what we know about the effects of …

Poor educational attainment relative to non-Latinos is a persistent problem for Latino children. This paper examines … the capacity of the Head Start program to affect test scores and schooling achievement among these children. Large … Latino children and non-Hispanic white children, and 2/3 of the gap in the probability of grade repetition. However, these …

years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …

serum micronutrient deficiencies in vitamin C, vitamin E, and folate, and it increases the probability that children meet … the program improves the quality of food consumed. Finally, in households with school-aged children, both preschool … children and adults have healthier diets and consume less fat when the SBP is available. These results suggest that school …

. We examine U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most common … child mental health problem. Our innovations include the use of large nationally representative samples of children, the use … of questions administered to all children rather than focusing only on diagnosed cases, and the use of sibling fixed …