In 2005, tests on fish caught in the Rhône River, upstream from Lyon, revealed levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exceeding regulatory health limits. Further investigations,...

Introduction: Early puberty is suspected to be promoted by exposure to endocrine disruptors (EDs), and its incidence has been identified by an international panel of scientists as a key...

How do you get others to accept you when you’re different? How do you make friends as a child or teenager when you don’t look like everyone else? The film *Wonder* starts with an extreme...

The purpose of this report is to further explore the link between health and education and to demonstrate how this interdependence is even closer than is generally believed, and how it...

Driven by his mother’s high expectations, Magyd the Algerian became the top student in his class in French. As a teenager, the young immigrant tutored his peers. Although he was forced...

In 2011, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (French-speaking Belgium) launched a pilot program of “well-being units” in its schools. This program was evaluated. Analysis and results.

At Lagnieu Middle School, eighth-grade students welcome incoming seventh-graders. “Minor” conflicts are resolved through peer mediation, for which certain students and staff members are...

This unique school aims to build self-esteem and develop psychosocial skills: students who are blind or visually impaired no longer have to move from classroom to classroom; instead, the...

Health is defined as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being” (World Health Organization—WHO). School, as the second most important environment in a child’s life...