Tag: National School Lunch Program
How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity
Joslyn Brenton, Ithaca College; Alyssa Tindall, Ursinus College, and Senbagam Virudachalam, University of Pennsylvania
The 2025 government shutdown drew...
Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing...
Anna Localio, University of Washington and Jessica Jones-Smith, University of Washington
School meals are critical to child health. Research...
Changes are coming to school meals nationwide – an expert in...
Marlene B. Schwartz, University of Connecticut
For the two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. public schools have been...
Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students – a...
Marlene B. Schwartz, University of Connecticut
Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Federal spending covers only 8% of public school budgets
David S. Knight, University of Washington
CC BY-SAState and local tax dollars cover the bulk of U.S. public school funding.
The federal government spends just under...
America’s poorest children won’t get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed...
Thurston Domina, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Schools aren’t only places where kids learn. They are also places where kids eat.
Thanks to the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
