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Environment: Kresge Foundation
The key to success in school could be as basic as the air we breathe.
U-M researchers Paul
Mohai and Byoung-Suk Kweon are looking for links
between toxic air exposures and absenteeism, test scores, school dropout
rates and health in school-aged children. With the help of a three-year
grant from the Kresge Foundation, the study will combine census, air
quality and school district information to find out where schools,
poverty and air pollution connect. School-aged children are not represented
in most pollution research, but are possibly the most vulnerable according
to Professor Mohai. By studying the link between environmental quality
and school performance, the findings could be used to re-evaluate state
and local policies of where schools should be located