Jim Dwyer of The New York Times had a story about a program based on research by Charles Basch on the impact of poor vision on school performance. The program, run by the Children's Health Fund, performs vision tests and distributes eyeglasses to low-income students in three schools, including P.S. 39, where TC's Office of School and Community Partnerships is working with Basch and the Children's Health Fund to coordinate health services. P.S. 39 is one of TC's REACH (Raising Educational Achievement Coalition of Harlem) schools. Here is a link to Dwyer's story:
For Needy Students, Eyeglasses Open a Portal to the World of Learning 

Basch's new study showing that more than 90 percent of high school students don't get enough sleep was featured on NBC's Today Show on December 12. High school students not getting enough sleep  The study, done through the Centers for Disease Control, was published Dec. 11.

See also Prevalence of Sleep Duration on an Average School Night Among 4 Nationally Representative Successive Samples of American High School Students, 2007–2013

Published Friday, Dec. 12, 2014