Wayne K. Hoy, C. John Tarter, and Anita Woolfolk Hoy, Academic Optimism of Schools: A Force for Student Achievement,  American Educational Research Journal 2006 43: 425-446.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.

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The Connection Between Health and High School Dropout,  Breslau, J. (University of California, Davis)
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Nancy G. Murray, Barbara J. Low, Christine Hollis, Alan W. Cross, Sally M. Davis, Coordinated School Health Programs and Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Journal of School Health, November 2007, Vol. 77, No. 9
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F as in Fat 2010, Trust for America's Health, June 2010

Executive Summary

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Gallup Survey of Elementary School Principals on Recess, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2007
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Basch, C.E. (2010). Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters: Research Review No. 6. New York: The Campaign for Educational Equity.
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Ryan, C. (2009). Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Children. Washington, DC: National Center forCultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development.
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Virginia R. Chomitz, Meghan M. Slining, Robert J. McGowan, Suzanne E. Mitchell, Glen F. Dawson, Karen A. Hacker, Is There a Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement? Positive Results From Public School Children in the Northeastern United States, Journal of School Health, January 2009, Vol. 79, No. 1
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David C. Berliner, Arizona State University, Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success , Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice Policy Brief
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Mary Ellen O’Connell, Thomas Boat, and Kenneth E. Warner, Editors, Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities, Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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The School Climate Challenge: Narrowing the Gap Between School Climate Research and School
Climate Policy, Practice Guidelines and Teacher Education Policy

A white paper presented by National School Climate Center, Center for Social and Emotional Education, and National Center for Learning and Citizenship at Education Commission of the States
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Pilar Marin, M.P.P. and Brett Brown, Ph.D., The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics, Child Trends Research Brief, November, 2008
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School Health Programs: Improving the Health of Our Nation's Youth: At A Glance 2009

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Carol Goodenow, Laura Szalacha, Kim Westheimer, School support groups, other school factors, and the safety of sexual minority adolescents, Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 43(5), 2006
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Joyal Mulheron, Kara Vonasek, Shaping a Healthier Generation: Successful State Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity, NGA Center for Best Practices Health Division, September 2009
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Center for Mental Health in Schools. (2009). State Education Agencies & Learning Supports: Enhancing School Improvement. Los Angeles, CA:
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