As the school year winds to a close, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the successful first year of Breakfast in the Classroom in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the country.
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Governor Hickenlooper strode into the cafeteria at Rose Hill Elementary School like a man attending a party.
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Every Friday, my daughter’s school principal sends a message to the parents underscoring something that happened that week, as well as announcements and reminders for the days and weeks ahead. This week’s communication had a very important message.
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Healthy kids are better learners. Seems like common sense, right?
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Team No Kid Hungry has a major victory to share and celebrate.
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Every day, school nutrition professionals across the country prepare healthy school lunches for over 31 million students, not to mention school breakfasts, summer meals, after-school suppers and snacks. Today is School Lunch Superhero Day, a great time to celebrate these “superheroes” who have...
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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the 52nd Street Elementary School in South L.A. which has 850 students and, last October, switched to breakfast-in-the-classroom (notwithstanding some initial resistance and concerns).
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No Kid Hungry starts with breakfast. That’s something we’re passionate about, and we’ve seen the dramatic impact that eating school breakfast can have on a child’s life. On average, students who eat school breakfast have been shown to achieve 17.5% higher scores on standardized math tests and...
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Every year, communities across the country come together during the first week of April to celebrate National Public Health Week and bring the importance of public health into focus.
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As I think about the future of our nation, I think about our children and whether they have all the tools they need to have a bright, healthy and fulfilling future. A future where their academic potential is fully realized and they can make a positive contribution to society because they are given...
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LA Clippers Guard and No Kid Hungry supporter Chris Paul shares how to be the MVP of Your Health and Make Healthy Choices during National Nutrition Month.
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For many years, the issue of hunger was something that Americans simply could not comprehend. We thought hunger only existed in a foreign country, some pin on a map that we only read about in 8th grade Social Studies.
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Congresswoman Lois Capps speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives, recognizing National School Breakfast week and calling out the No Kid Hungry campaign’s recent analysis of the short and long term benefits of school breakfast.
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In honor of National School Breakfast Week (March 4 – 8) Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign reveals five fast facts about the role a healthy school breakfast can play in changing lives.
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When the sequester – the term used to describe sweeping across-the-board funding cuts to federal programs - went into effect on March 1, it included devastating funding cuts to WIC, the highly effective nutrition program that provides crucial support to our nations women and children. As...
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