On March 14, Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order that directed all public schools to close to students for at least two weeks. He further directed the N.C. Department…
Megan Trimble of U.S. News and World Report details one small victory against the nanny state. Students everywhere are likely to rejoice. The Trump administration has officially rolled back Obama-era…
The Wilkes Journal-Patriot recently published an overview of Wilkes County Schools finances. It is a good window into how school districts manage their money and some of the constraints on…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon explains the Trump administration’s shift away from food rules trumpeted by Michelle Obama. The Trump administration is allowing kids 300 more milligrams of…
Three North Carolina-based researchers have found “no evidence of a decline in obesity prevalence in any age group, despite substantial clinical and policy efforts targeting the issue.” Asheley Cockrell Skinner,…
A kindly, anonymous person, beyond praise, stepped up to provide free lunch and breakfast for kids attending Polk County Middle School. The government already covers kids in elementary school, even…
Elizabeth Harrington reports for the Washington Free Beacon on one unintended consequence of First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch crusade. Hundreds of school districts in the country have made layoffs…
Demand for food from pantries has not decreased in spite of vast economic growth, free and reduced school meals, and 20 percent of the country receiving food stamps. MANNA FoodBank…
Informeth the Sylva Herald: Students will toss empty milk containers into bins and feed food scraps to worms as Jackson County Schools begins the school year with a new focus…
View in your browser. Welcome They may take our lives, but they’ll never take…OUR BISCUITS! CommenTerry Late last month, Chief of School Nutrition Services for the North Carolina Department of…
The local daily informs us school lunch prices, for those who pay, are going up ten cents. The extra money is needed to pay for meals for those who couldn’t…
While Terry explains (in another outstanding education newsletter) the problems with free and reduced lunch statistics, whether it is an accurate measure of low income students in a public school,…