Poor School Air Quality


The disconnect in our education system, not integrating ecological awareness about health effects associated with indoor air pollutants with schools’ assessment

Andualem, Gizaw, Bogale, and Dagne (2019)

Insufficient outside air supply; dense population per classroom: lack of standards for indoor bacterial load; and allergens such as molds and cockroaches; all possible triggers for asthma attack.

Fisk, (2018)

Under ventilation of classrooms adversely affects performance, attendance, and health. Also, increasing the ventilation rate in schools will reduce respiratory health effects and increase student performance

Tan, Praveena, Abidin, and Cheema (2018)

There is a correlation between classrooms with copper (Cu) a known heavy metal and children’s respiratory symptoms such as cough, phlegm, shortness of breath, wheezing, and asthma.

Our goal is to improve the school assessments and to increase knowledge about the social ecological (Social Equity) status of school accreditation.


In terms of accreditors’ environmental views on the effects of poor indoor air quality, among students of schools, no study focused on the integration of indoor air quality with the public schools’ accreditations process.