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This Week in School Lunch

They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Cafeteria directors say you can lead a child to healthy food, but you can't make him eat it. Well, at least when he has the option of eating pizza and fries instead. I'm on the road ...

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June 2, 2009
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History Handouts, Courtesy of the Local Pizzeria

By Deborah Lehmann — Is all that thinking making you hungry? In an effort to bring money into his cash-strapped school, a teacher in Idaho is running pizza ads on all his tests, worksheets and handouts. Molto Caldo Pizzeria has given economics and history teacher Jeb Harrison 10,000 sheets of paper ...

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March 28, 2009
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Instead of Healthy Vending Machines, How About Some Healthy Meals?

By Rosemary Boeglin — A couple years ago, I walked into my high school cafeteria as the bell rang for C lunch and saw a group of kids huddled around a new vending machine in our long, brick-laden hallway.  I didn't really want a soda, but it seemed like the thing to ...

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March 3, 2009