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Researchers from Jefferson Medical College examined the relationship between tobacco exposure and experimentation, and asthma prevalence among 6,727 middle school students attending 65 Philadelphia public schools. Of the students surveyed, 6,006 students attended schools managed by the Philadelphia School District (PSD), while 721 students attended the lowest academic performing schools in the PSD managed by the private organization, Edison, Inc. Overall, 23.7 percent of PSD children and 24.5 percent of Edison children reported having asthma. Among children with asthma, home exposure to environmental smoke was reported by 73.2 percent of Edison children and 64.5 percent of PSD children. Overall experimentation with smoking was reported by 31 percent of Edison and 24.1 percent of PSD children. Results ... showed a significantly higher percentage of tobacco experimentation among children with asthma in both school districts. In PSD children, 24.1 percent of asthmatics and 20.5 percent of nonasthmatics reported tobacco experimentation, while Edison school children reported 31 percent and 23.2 percent, respectively.
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"This report casts doubt on schools' inclusion of different kinds of families in our education system. LGBT parents are actively engaged in their children's education yet are often not accepted by school communities. Further, their children are often harassed in school simply because of the makeup of their families. All families in a school community should be valued and respected as equals."
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Last year 286,392 children from more than 1200 schools in 98 countries came together to answer 38,904,275 questions correctly. This year, registration began on February 1, 2008, and already more than 400,000 students in 12,000 schools from more than 130 countries have signed up for the event and started practicing.
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"The Fulcrum Foundation makes it possible for more than 1,000 families to attend Catholic schools in Western Washington each year," said Mike Tucci, co-chair of the event. "Thanks to the generosity of our donors, children from families with a median income of $24,000 are able to choose a Catholic school, making our schools some of the most economically and ethnically diverse in the northwest."
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On Thursday, April 17, from 11 AM - 7 PM, citizens can register their children for kindergarten at any one of the three Goochland elementary schools. Parents will need a certified birth certificate for their child, the child’s social security number, a completed school entrance health form, and proof of residency (driver’s license, electric bill, phone bill, etc.).
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