Last week, CEC joined the American Optometric Association and numerous other national organizations and federal agencies, including the National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in confronting undetected or untreated vision issues as barrier to learning, which impacts an estimated one-in-four school-aged children.
This first-ever
School Readiness Summit: Focus on Vision examined alarmingly high-rates of learning-related vision issues now impacting America’s children and produced a bold healthy vision and learning blueprint to replace a broken system that is leaving millions of children to endure the effects of diseases that are treatable and vision loss that is preventable.
“We know if we are to improve school success, we must make sure children can see,” said Dr. Alexa Posny, assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education and keynote speaker at the summit. “If America is to produce world class students, we must make sure they have all the tools they need for success. Eye exams should be a part of efforts to improve America’s educational outcomes,” Dr. Posny added.
For more information on the Summit, click here.
Visit CEC’s Division on Visual Impairments here.
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