Goal: Increase educational opportunities and help children and adolescents do well in school.
People with higher levels of education are more likely to be healthier and live longer. Healthy People 2030 focuses on providing high-quality educational opportunities for children and adolescents — and on helping them do well in school.
Children from low-income families, children with disabilities, and children who routinely experience forms of social discrimination — like bullying — are more likely to struggle with math and reading. They’re also less likely to graduate from high school or go to college. This means they’re less likely to get safe, high-paying jobs and more likely to have health problems like heart disease, diabetes, and depression.
In addition, some children live in places with poorly performing schools, and many families can’t afford to send their children to college. The stress of living in poverty can also affect children’s brain development, making it harder for them to do well in school. Interventions to help children and adolescents do well in school and help families pay for college can have long-term health benefits.
Objective Status
0 Target met or exceeded
2 Improving
1 Little or no detectable change
2 Getting worse
0 Baseline only
4 Developmental
3 Research
Related Objectives
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Adolescents
Getting worse
Children
Developmental
Developmental
Developmental
People with Disabilities
Schools
Little or no detectable change
Getting worse
