Third of children who need glasses aren’t wearing them – and this may be impacting their academic, social and emotional learning

The Conversation – Rolsin P. Corcoran

“It’s a problem many teachers are familiar with, a student apparently struggling in class, but in fact just suffering from something that’s easily fixed – vision problems – with an inexpensive pair of glasses. It’s estimated that more than 3.4m children aged four to 16 in the UK have been diagnosed with a vision problem. Indeed, vision screenings are carried out routinely in schools by the NHS and glasses are free.” (more)