Hospitalized Students in the USA do not receive an education equal to their well peers. Some innovative children's hospitals across the nation do offer their hospitalized students school programs while in their facilities; yet these are the exceptions. There is no educational provision in the No Child Left Behind Act for students confined in hospitals. Our sick and injured children are just as deserving, but currently have no guaranteed access to an equal education, and the number that become secondary school drop-outs are discouraging.
In the UK and many countries across Europe, hospital schools are the rule, not the exception. There are established programs and standards that insure that these students receive an education on par with their well peers., greatly diminishing secondary school drop-out rates
I am in the process of devising a hospital teaching program that can be duplicated in various hospital settings across America. I will welcome any comments that might aid in this endeavor.
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