2012 Santa Clara County Children’s Summit Focuses on Improving Access to Education

“Changing the odds for children” was the theme that brought together an assortment of health and education professionals, advocates, and government officials to Kids in Common’s 2012 Santa Clara County Children’s Summit on January 27. The event, sponsored in part by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, offered eight workshops that addressed issues such as school safety (see related data) and chronic absence from elementary schools. Improving the quality of and access to education, a prominent message throughout the day, was championed by keynote speaker Joanne Weiss, chief of staff to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.

One workshop, led by Fernando Mendoza, MD, service chief of General Pediatrics at Packard Hospital, focused on health disparities, and highlighted education as a pathway to success for children of immigrant families. During the workshop, Mendoza noted the importance of embracing multiple dialects in the classroom, as well as the connection between the quality of education and access to quality health care.
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