For China's 'Left-Behind Kids,' A Free Lunch
13 years, 2 months ago

For China's 'Left-Behind Kids,' A Free Lunch

NPR  

For China's 'Left-Behind Kids,' A Free Lunch 1 of 0 i View slideshow For 10-year-old student Xie Xiaoyuan, just getting to school is an ordeal. Sponsor Message Enlarge this image toggle caption Louisa Lim/NPR Louisa Lim/NPR There's no such thing as a free lunch — or so the economic theory goes. Sponsor Message Government Boosts Its Efforts This "Free Lunch for Children" charity program has been remarkably successful, partly because of its high-profile support from some 500 journalists and their media organizations. "We can't say that our Free Lunch has directly led to the government's Free Lunch, because the government was doing this before, but there's a link," the journalist says. "The government would probably have given some money for free lunches anyway eventually, but I think it would have happened later," Bai says.

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How School Lunch Became A Symbol Of Tim Walz's Appeal To Voters
7 months ago

How School Lunch Became A Symbol Of Tim Walz's Appeal To Voters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Making school meals free for all students in Minnesota is one of Tim Walz’s signature achievements as governor. A voter survey published Wednesday by the Democratic polling firm Blueprint found free school lunch “is the only one of Walz’s most popular accomplishments surveyed that more than 40% of voters have heard about.” And it’s a major reason …

Breakfast and lunch programs in schools are helping families battling the cost of living
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Breakfast and lunch programs in schools are helping families battling the cost of living

ABC  

In a warehouse next to Adelaide Airport, four retired men are scurrying like ants. "It sort of introduces you to another world," said former Adelaide Crows football manager and volunteer John Reid. "When I come into the breakfast club all my worries go away because I've got people to talk to," she said. "Everyone right now is struggling with inflation, …

Minnesota program to provide free school meals for all kids is costing the state more than expected
1 year, 3 months ago

Minnesota program to provide free school meals for all kids is costing the state more than expected

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s program to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to all students regardless of income is costing the state more than expected because of a jump in demand. Tim Walz signed the legislation last spring, advocates said the free meals would ease stresses on parents and help reduce childhood poverty while lifting the stigma on kids …

How Pandemic Aid Launched A School Lunch Revolution
1 year, 9 months ago

How Pandemic Aid Launched A School Lunch Revolution

Huff Post  

Students pick up lunch at the Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction, Vermont, on June 9, 2022. via Associated Press Before he went to Congress, which was before he became Minnesota’s 41st governor, Tim Walz was a high school social studies teacher and football coach in Mankato, Minnesota, a small city in the state’s south, known as the …

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids
1 year, 11 months ago

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids

NPR  

There's no such thing as a free lunch. toggle caption Ximena Bustillo/NPR "Schools are struggling to get kids certified for free or reduced-price school meals," FitzSimons said. Sponsor Message For the upcoming 2023-2024 school year, a family of four cannot make more than $55,500 a year for reduced-price meals or $39,000 for free meals, according to the federal standards. A …

Free school lunch works — but rightwingers don’t care about outcomes
1 year, 11 months ago

Free school lunch works — but rightwingers don’t care about outcomes

Raw Story  

“If a child is on the verge of starvation, you must call CPS, not spend hundreds of millions on disproportionately unhealthy lunches, a huge percentage of which are discarded,” conservative pundit Ben Shapiro told California Congressman Ted Lieu on Twitter. There’s a great deal of evidence that free school lunches reduce student hunger and improve children’s health. School lunches have …

“Poverty is a policy choice”: Minnesota kids cheer new law guaranteeing free school lunch for all
2 years ago

“Poverty is a policy choice”: Minnesota kids cheer new law guaranteeing free school lunch for all

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. But 1 in 4 food-insecure kids live in households that don't qualify for the federal free and reduced meal program, leading to "mounting school lunch debts in the tens of thousands of dollars," Minnesota Public Radioreported. "As a former teacher, I know that providing free breakfast and lunch for our students is one …

UK supermarkets join calls for expansion of free school meals
2 years, 4 months ago

UK supermarkets join calls for expansion of free school meals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Iceland, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Aldi, Co-op, Waitrose, Asda and Morrisons have written to Education …

‘We’ve got a lost generation of children’: Tom Kerridge on the importance of providing free school meals
2 years, 4 months ago

‘We’ve got a lost generation of children’: Tom Kerridge on the importance of providing free school meals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “So we’ve got the MPs eating subsidised lunches and dinners, but we’re not giving …

As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years
2 years, 7 months ago

As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years

NPR  

As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years Enlarge this image toggle caption Lisa Rathke/AP Lisa Rathke/AP BOISE, Idaho — Lunchtime on the first day of school at Mountain View Elementary earlier this month brought the familiar bustle of students scurrying to find their assigned table in the cafeteria while …

Sadiq Khan backs universal free school meals for primary school pupils
2 years, 9 months ago

Sadiq Khan backs universal free school meals for primary school pupils

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Sadiq Khan has …

The Impending School Lunch Disaster
2 years, 11 months ago

The Impending School Lunch Disaster

Slate  

There’s a vast, underappreciated supply chain that provides for your kids’ school lunches. Helena Bottemiller Evich, a senior food and agriculture reporter at Politico, says that school administrations are “really upset” about these lunch adjustments expiring, and everyone’s unsure of what to do next. Mary Harris: Before the pandemic, I remember hearing all these stories about school lunch debt—kids who …

California launches largest free school lunch program in U.S.
3 years, 8 months ago

California launches largest free school lunch program in U.S.

LA Times  

When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income. It’s beyond life-changing,” said Erin Primer, director of food services for the San Luis Coastal Unified School District on California’s Central Coast. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the state’s …

California launches largest free school lunch program in US
3 years, 8 months ago

California launches largest free school lunch program in US

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income. It’s beyond life-changing,” said Erin Primer, director of food services for the San Luis Coastal Unified School District on California’s central coast. The Los Angeles Unified School …

Trump Administration Rule May Mean 1 Million Kids Lose Automatic Free Lunch
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump Administration Rule May Mean 1 Million Kids Lose Automatic Free Lunch

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — Nearly a million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that would reduce the number of people who get food stamps. Children automatically qualify for free lunches if their families receive food stamps, but the Trump administration has proposed tightening eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 9 months ago

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Children enjoy free lunches in Hefeng county, Hubei province. A nonprofit organization started by an investigative journalist is raising money and funding philanthropic projects for the poorest children in society, as Liu Wei reports for Xinhua China Features. According to a report on nutrition and chronic diseases published by the National Health and Family Planning Commission in 2015, rural children …

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 9 months ago

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Children enjoy free lunches in Hefeng county, Hubei province. A nonprofit organization started by an investigative journalist is raising money and funding philanthropic projects for the poorest children in society, as Liu Wei reports for Xinhua China Features. According to a report on nutrition and chronic diseases published by the National Health and Family Planning Commission in 2015, rural children …

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools
7 years, 9 months ago

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools

China Daily  

Children enjoy free lunches in Hefeng county, Hubei province. A nonprofit organization started by an investigative journalist is raising money and funding philanthropic projects for the poorest children in society, as Liu Wei reports for Xinhua China Features. According to a report on nutrition and chronic diseases published by the National Health and Family Planning Commission in 2015, rural children …

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools
7 years, 9 months ago

Providing food for thought in China's rural schools

China Daily  

Children are enjoying their free lunch at Shaba Primary School of Qianxi County, Guizhou Province in 2011. Online donations begin to dominate From 2011, the year it was established, to December, the Free Lunch for Children Foundation raised 253 million yuan. It has spent 169 million yuan to provide meals for 190,000 children in China's rural areas, in addition to …

Tory plan to scrap free school lunches an 'absolute betrayal', says co-author of government meals initiative
7 years, 9 months ago

Tory plan to scrap free school lunches an 'absolute betrayal', says co-author of government meals initiative

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Conservative party …

Conservative manifesto: Children to lose free school meals under 'lunch snatcher' Theresa May's plans
7 years, 10 months ago

Conservative manifesto: Children to lose free school meals under 'lunch snatcher' Theresa May's plans

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Huge numbers of children will lose their free hot lunches under …

Journalist Deng's initiative to help left-behind kids
9 years, 6 months ago

Journalist Deng's initiative to help left-behind kids

China Daily  

A new project has been launched to provide free, comfortable overnight school accommodation for left-behind children living in remote areas. "Flying Box" is the brainchild of well-known investigative journalist Deng Fei, and the charity China Youth Development Foundation. "Sometimes rough mountain roads are unsuitable for school buses," Deng said, who works for Phoenix Weekly, a magazine owned by the Hong …

Journalist Deng's initiative to help left-behind kids
9 years, 6 months ago

Journalist Deng's initiative to help left-behind kids

China Daily  

A new project has been launched to provide free, comfortable overnight school accommodation for left-behind children living in remote areas. "Flying Box" is the brainchild of well-known investigative journalist Deng Fei, and the charity China Youth Development Foundation. "Sometimes rough mountain roads are unsuitable for school buses," Deng said, who works for Phoenix Weekly, a magazine owned by the Hong …

Class Divide: Are More Affluent Kids Opting Out Of School Lunch?
9 years, 6 months ago

Class Divide: Are More Affluent Kids Opting Out Of School Lunch?

NPR  

Class Divide: Are More Affluent Kids Opting Out Of School Lunch? The dip in participation in the National School Lunch Program has been "driven primarily by a decline of 1.6 million students eating school lunch who pay full price for meals," a GAO report concluded last year. Sponsor Message At the same time, there's been an increase in the number …

Nearly Half Of Low-Income Kids Don't Eat Breakfast. Here's 1 Way To Fix That
10 years, 1 month ago

Nearly Half Of Low-Income Kids Don't Eat Breakfast. Here's 1 Way To Fix That

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON, DC - MAR 14: Second graders Jaylon Holbrook and Kimberly Perez eat breakfast in their homeroom class at Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, DC, March 14, 2014. The national school breakfast program provides free breakfast to kids in need but at Bancroft where at least 40% of the students qualify for free breakfast, every student receives breakfast. Hunger is …

School Lunch Debate: What's At Stake?
10 years, 9 months ago

School Lunch Debate: What's At Stake?

NPR  

School Lunch Debate: What's At Stake? But to be fair, the National School Lunch Program — which provides free or reduced lunches to about 31 million kids every day — has never aimed to dazzle as much as to fill little bellies. New regulations called for: Increasing the amount of whole grains served in school cafeterias Shifting to fat free …

"Micro-charity" serves up free lunch
13 years, 5 months ago

"Micro-charity" serves up free lunch

China Daily  

"Micro-charity" serves up free lunch Updated: 2011-09-29 07:31 By Feng Xin and Huang Lan Nearly 10,000 children who live in China's poor countryside will no longer have to starve when they go to school, thanks to one man's micro-blogging, which turned into a nationwide charity program in just a few days. The Free Lunch Program calls the public to donate …

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