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  • How Can Schools Help End Hunger? Invite Kids to Dinner

    How Can Schools Help End Hunger? Invite Kids to Dinner

    For every 10 students who eat a free or reduced-price lunch, only one has a meal or snack after school, one study finds. Free school…
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    Jackie Ashton
    May 30
    Why Some Schools Want Students to Eat Breakfast in Class

    Why Some Schools Want Students to Eat Breakfast in Class

    Students do better when they’ve been fed. And sharing a meal ends the free-food stigma, while giving kids a chance to practice teamwork.
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    Kathleen Carroll
    May 26
    School Segregation Can Be Fixed

    School Segregation Can Be Fixed

    More than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, integrated schools remain the exception not the rule. But with community support, the…
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    Amadou Diallo
    May 24
    Why Every 8th-Grade Student Should Write a Résumé

    Why Every 8th-Grade Student Should Write a Résumé

    You don’t have to be an adult to write and revise a CV. The process can help adolescents learn more about themselves.
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    David Ng
    May 22
    Educators: This is How to Help Your Syrian Students

    Educators: This is How to Help Your Syrian Students

    Immigration status and PTSD may play a part in student performance. Knowing this, and more, will allow American teachers to help their…
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    Shiyam Galyon
    May 19
    A History of School Lunch in Pictures

    A History of School Lunch in Pictures

    From liver loaf to the five food groups, cafeteria fare in the U.S. has gone through a big transformation in the last 100 years. These…
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    Andrea Gurwitt
    May 18
    School Lunches are Too Short. And That’s a Problem

    School Lunches are Too Short. And That’s a Problem

    Rushed eating can affect kids’ health and create food waste. A growing movement is fighting to give students more time at the table.
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    Holly Korbey
    May 15
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    Teaching Personal Finance in the Age of Venmo

    Teaching Personal Finance in the Age of Venmo

    Forget checkbooks. Forget cash. Nowadays, it’s all about apps and debit cards, and how to manage them.
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    Kathleen Lynn
    May 12
    Stop Teaching Girls to Code

    Stop Teaching Girls to Code

    Kids under 10 should be playing outside instead of interacting with devices inside.
    Go to the profile of Jessica Carew Kraft
    Jessica Carew Kraft
    May 10
    To My Beloved Wife, the Teacher

    To My Beloved Wife, the Teacher

    On National Teacher Day, I want you to know just how awesome you are.
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    LuisMiguelEchegaray
    May 9
    Don’t Just Teach Kids How to Code, Teach Them Algorithms, Too

    Don’t Just Teach Kids How to Code, Teach Them Algorithms, Too

    Coding is the cool kid right now, but there’s a lot more to computer science. Like algorithms, which are useful in life as well as online.
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    Ali Almossawi
    May 8
    Looks Like Silicon Valley Wants to Disrupt Your Kid’s Lunch

    Looks Like Silicon Valley Wants to Disrupt Your Kid’s Lunch

    More than 30 million American students rely on school meals. But can an app fix the glitches?
    Go to the profile of Doug Bierend
    Doug Bierend
    May 5
    Bring Back Home Ec.

    Bring Back Home Ec.

    What life skill is more important than knowing how to feed your family and yourself?
    Go to the profile of Fiona Tapp
    Fiona Tapp
    May 3
    Why More Schools Should Go Solar

    Why More Schools Should Go Solar

    A single school district in North Carolina could save enough money in energy costs to hire 1,000 more teachers in the next 25 years.
    Go to the profile of DeAndrea Salvador
    DeAndrea Salvador
    May 1
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