Reducing Free School Meal Stigma Helps Cut Student Suspensions ...

Reducing the stigma around free school meals reduces the risk students will be suspended for poor behavior, according to a new study.

Universal Free School Meals Might Improve Discipline Rates. Here's ...

The way schools distribute free and reduced-price meals can cause stigma and increased disciplinary issues ... students throughout the school ...

There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: School Meals, Stigma, and ...

Difference-in-differences analyses indicate that CEP has protective effects on the probability of suspension for students in participating ...

The Surprising Connection Between Universal School Meals and ...

Among new significant findings: The policy is linked to lower discipline rates among students because it reduces the stigma around receiving ...

What are the benefits of free school meals? Here's what the ...

“Offering universal free school meals reduces financial and social barriers to participation, including the stigma associated with receiving ...

How Expanding School Lunch Programs Could Reduce Suspensions

A study suggests that free lunch for all programs in school, especially those targeted in high-poverty districts, could result in fewer school suspensions.

AERA on X: "Reducing the stigma around free school meals helps ...

Reducing the stigma around free school meals helps cut student suspensions, according to a study in @aerj_journal, via @Forbes and ...

Stigma Free Lunch: School Meals and Student Discipline

As such, we hypothesize that. CEP implementation will reduce the incidence of suspensions, particularly for students from low- income ...

Stop the shame and the hunger: The need for school meal program ...

Previous estimates suggest that as many as 15 percent of marginally food-secure students and 10 percent of food-insecure students do not qualify for free or ...

Universal free school meals associated with greater meal participation

Schools with universal free school meals saw greater meal participation, as well as improvements in attendance and suspensions, according to a systematic ...

Why are most states holding back on free meals for school kids?

Supporters of the policy say that providing free food to all students helps reduce stigma and ensures that all children, regardless of their ...

Issue Brief: Universal School Meals - Campaign For Children

Research shows that in their third year of CEP participation, schools saw a 15% decline in suspensions, particularly among students who ...

Universal Free School Meals and School and Student Outcomes

Students qualify for free meals if they come from households with an overall income of less than 130% of the federal poverty line or for reduced ...

As federal support for free school meals drops, kids' stigma may ...

“There is so much movement in this area,” Leung said. “Not only are we providing all children nutrients, but universal free school meals reduce ...

Universal Free School Meals and School and Student Outcomes

Additionally, considering lunch eligibility as a proxy for income, they found CEP was associated with reduced suspension rates for students that ...

There is Such Thing as a Free Lunch: School Meals, Stigma, and ...

Difference-in-differences analyses indicate that CEP has protective effects on the probability of suspension for students in participating schools, particularly ...

Do universal free school breakfast and lunch programs benefit ...

As more states offer free meals to all students, studies show that such universal programs increase access to food, and may reduce stigma ...

Schoolwide free-meal programs fuel better classroom outcomes for ...

Previous work has shown that greater nutritional assistance through programs like SNAP and the school meals program can reduce food insecurity ...

Michelle Smith on LinkedIn: Reducing Free School Meal Stigma ...

The pandemic has exacerbated already existing problems and created new issues. By allowing illness to circulate, there are students who no ...

School Nutrition and Student Discipline: Effects of Schoolwide Free ...

Furthermore, surveys and student interviews suggest that stigma deters free meal ... expect that universal school meals could help reduce behaviors that lead to ...