To protect students at career colleges from becoming burdened by student loan debt they cannot repay, today the U.S. Department of Education is announcing regulations to ensure that these institutions improve their outcomes for studentsâor risk losing access to federal student aid.
Summer Food Service Program. During the school year a large number of children in the United States receive free and reduced-lunches through their school lunch programs. However, when the school year ends food insecurity becomes prevalent amongst school-aged children. The Summer Food Service Program helps alleviate the nutritional gap and makes meals accessible to all children less than 18 years of age. The Summer Food Service Program began in 1968. It was an amendment to the National School Lunch Act. Today, the SFSP is th
The Edible Schoolyard Project began in 1994 when the seed of an idea was planted by world-renowned chef and food activist Alice Waters. Her dream: to provide students with the opportunity to grow the food and then participate in the preparation of their own school lunches.We're in the middle of a health epidemic, says Waters. If we could somehow bring in a curriculum around school lunch, we could begin to change the way kids think about eating.. want them to leave this program with enough confidence that they can improvise in the kitchen, she adds -- the true test, perhaps, of a confident, capable cook. Through their work in the Edible Schoolyard and kitchen students grow in their understanding of themselves -- and their connection to the environment.