Pollution is bad for your health and the environment. It’s also bad for schools, two recent studies show. [chalkbeat.org]

Late last year, the Trump administration moved to roll back Obama-era regulations designed to improve air quality and limit pollution. No one thought of it as an education story.

But new research suggests it is, at least in part. While the health risks of air pollution have long been documented, two recent studies are among the first to directly connect two different forms of pollution to lower test scores and higher absence rates among exposed schoolchildren.

Schools across the country — particularly those serving more low-income students of color — are often located near hotbeds of pollution, like highways.

[For more on this story by MATT BARNUM, go to https://www.chalkbeat.org/post...m-schools-research/?]