Washington taxpayers to pay more for school meals as program expands
by The Center Square
The Center Square— (The Center Square) – More school districts across Washington are providing free school meals for students, both breakfast and lunch, at no cost to families. Other districts will be providing meals in the next year or so as universal school meal programs are phased in. But as the saying goes, “There is no such thing as a free lunch." Which begs the question, where is the funding for universal meal programs coming from, how much of that food is...
The Birmingham Times—UAB, Birmingham City Schools to Expand Mini Medical School Program. By Hannah Echols | UAB News Shaundra Blakemore, M.D., and Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., were once students in the Birmingham City Schools system who had a passion for science. After college, they transformed their passions into a career by attending medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Fast forward, and they are returning to […]
The Center Square—Report: Washington charter school students outperforming public school peers. (The Center Square) – Charter schools in Washington state are doing a better job educating children in math and English Language Arts than traditional schools. That is one of the main takeaways from the Washington State Board of Education's Charter Schools Report. "The overall finding for all of the prior charter school reports and this seventh edition submitted by the SBE is that students attending Washington charter schools perform similar to or better than...
New York Post—Make parents pay for kids who miss school to curb chronic school absenteeism. In New York City, a stunning four in 10 students — some 353,000 — were chronically absent, for the last full school year (2021-22). The national figure is 22%.