The Importance of Health Services in Schools

The number of hours that teenagers spend unsupervised after school is a better predictor of school dropouts than race or social class. The kids get much more engaged in school if they connect and it's not just the skill and grille part of the world. And summers? Well, it turns out that kids from across the social spectrum make about the same progress academically during the course of the school year. It's in the summers that the differences emerge because middle class families are scheduling their kids with a fancy dance card. But poor families, I mean, those kids are hanging out on the streets.