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We should serve kids food in school, not shame

  • Written by Sarah Riggs Stapleton, Assistant Professor, Education Studies, College of Education, University of Oregon
imageAll students deserve a healthy lunch when they go to school.Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com

For the past several years, reports have surfaced about the “shaming” of students for outstanding school meal debts. These students, often from low-income families, are being publicly humiliated because they have unpaid debt in their school meal...

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