Students from struggling economic backgrounds sent home with food for the weekend have improved test scores, study finds
- Written by Michael Kurtz, Associate Professor of Economics, Lycoming College
In the United States, at least 6 million children live in a household where at least one person is food insecure. Anna-Rose Gassot/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
When food banks work with schools to send children home with a backpack full of food over the weekend, they do better...