EdSource · How a father’s detention shaped his son’s educational career As a former public school kid who grew up in Southern California, I recall racing through the lunch line to quickly grab a ...

The public school lunch program officially began in the 1970s. But lunch was served decades before as teachers realized that hungry students had trouble learning and that childhood hunger was a big ...

As of last year, the national public school meal debt was approximately $262 million, with 30.4 million students unable to afford their school meals. Those meals aren’t always the most nutritious; ...

Like so many other federal food and agriculture programs, the U.S. school lunch program had its origins in President Franklin Roosevelt’s First 100 Days legislative blitz to help Americans recover ...

Clarinda Community School District will once again offer free summer meals for children throughout June and July as part of ...