Catalyst Notebook :: In the News: School-based health centers on rise nationally, locally

Catalyst Notebook :: In the News: School-based health centers on rise nationally, locally

Catalyst writers and editors share their perspectives, analyses and the news behind the news on improving Chicago area public schools. Our on-the-ground reports will tell you what’s happening in schools and education circles here and elsewhere. Our views will tell you what to make of it.

In the News: School-based health centers on rise nationally, locallyThe Tribune reports that the number of school-based health centers is rising nationwide, with nine opening in Illinois during the 2009-10 academic year. Illinois has about 60 centers, half of which are in Chicago, according to the Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers, an advocacy group that is part the Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition. Located primarily in low-income areas with significant uninsured populations, school-based health centers provide relief for the nation's health care systems, help to reduce student absenteeism and improve health literacy in families, advocates say.

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In the News: Renaissance Schools Funds looks to raise $40 millionThe Renaissance Schools Fund hopes to raise at least $40 million for the next crop of new schools over the next five years, fund President Phyllis Lockett told the Sun-Times. The fund will focus on “expanding high quality charter school models” as well as finding “great emerging models,” Lockett said. The fund helped bankroll 68 of Renaissance 2010’s 103 schools.

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