WASHINGTON — Children don’t stop learning after they leave the classroom, and after-school programs play a crucial role in child and youth development. “Out-of-school time” programs can provide ...

Health leaders, educators and farmers throughout the country are growing increasingly concerned about the impact to children’s nutrition after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs — ...

Tables and chairs arranged in a classroom. Senior Correspondent The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October ...

Heat the pizza. Microwave the burrito. As a director of food and nutrition, it’s mundane to spend each day feeling stuck in the same endless cycle. “We really wanted to break that kind of mold,” said ...

Schools cutting funding for the arts isn’t a new phenomenon; but lately, the problem has been getting worse. According to a recent report from Gitnux, only 3.2% of the United States education budget ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any ...

Congressional belt-tightening could make it harder for schools to serve free school meals to all students, leaving some children without critical nutrition, straining families’ already stretched food ...

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This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. The Trump administration won’t be handing out any blue ribbons to schools this year. As President Donald Trump seeks to scale back the federal role ...

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