Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential contender Tim Walz has championed his state’s free school meals policy.
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A food policy expert explains how school lunches changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s wrong with going back to the normal system now.
The ways in which school closings affect children are just beginning to be known, but early indications are they’re taking a negative toll on kids’ learning and overall well-being.
It helped that school food service staff quickly changed their preparation, packaging and distribution methods to feed students who were no longer eating in cafeterias.
The millions of US children whose parents can’t always afford enough nutritious food for their families get about a quarter of their calories from what they eat at school.
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Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Professor, Educational Policy and Organizational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Nutrition and Public Health, Merrimack College