When you walk in the building, there's a row of offices. In one are drug counselors. One if for social security. Another, family and child psychologists. Yet another has a doctor and nurse who do well-child exams. … Schools are no longer in the "schooling business," but rather in "human resource development."

— Dr Shirley McCune, then senior director of the Mid-continent Regional Education Laboratory ("Blueprint given for schools of future"; Terry Minteer, Bremerton Sun, October 14, 1989); now employed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Olympia, Washington.

Under the integrated systems approach to education attention is turned to the "whole child" — mentally, physically, and emotionally. Physically and emotionally come under the auspices of health care. Many undoubtedly remember Hillary Rodham Clinton's attempt to foster a socialized health care system for the whole of America. While she failed in her direct effort, her efforts have continued as a back door approach through the schools, through "readiness-to-learn" grants that have established schools as partners with social service agencies, law enforcement, and community networks. Nationwide, Medicaid is coming into the schools at an ever-increasing rate through various avenues; and nationwide, school-based clinics are being established in schools. The goal is that every school will have a school-based clinic.

The following links provide information regarding the health care aspect of systemic education reform.

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