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America's poorest children won't get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed due to the coronavirus

  • Written by Thurston "Thad" Domina, Professor, Educational Policy and Organizational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
America's poorest children won't get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed due to the coronavirusAn East Brainerd Elementary School lunch, Chattanooga, TennesseeThe Washington Post via Getty Images

Schools aren’t only places where kids learn. They are also places where kids eat.

Thanks to the National School Lunch Program, 30 million U.S. children – some 60% of all school-aged kids – regularly eat some combination of...

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