When Serving Healthy Food Means Taking a Risk
It's truly sad that, these days, schools have to take a gamble to serve healthy food. The latest illustration of that comes from an editorial in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, which describes the district's new meal program as "ambitious — and risky." Santa Cruz City Schools recently hired a new meal ...
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August 4, 2009
Cuts in the California Budget Make For Cuts on Children’s Plates
By Ann Cooper — I've been working on the Nutrition Services budget this week for the Berkeley Unified School District, and I've been thinking a lot about our state's financial woes. The Berkeley community has been extremely enthusiastic about bringing healthy food to all of our students in the district. Over ...
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April 30, 2009
Is Your Future Worth a Decent Breakfast?
By Bonnie Christensen — As governments take money from public schools to bail out their budget deficits (caused by completely unrelated factors), teachers are being asked to work with fewer resources and less time, but to meet the same standards of education. More than ever, these teachers need their students to be ...
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April 17, 2009
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