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Askelson, Natoshia M.; Golembiewski, Elizabeth H.; Bobst, Ann; Delger, Patti J.; Scheidel, Carrie A. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: The National School Breakfast Program (SBP) is a federally funded program that allows states to offer nutritious breakfast to K-12 students. However, rates of SBP participation are low in some rural states, and the reasons are not well understood. The purpose of the study was to explore administrators' perceptions, attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Case Studies, Online Surveys, Barriers
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Arnold, Phoebe – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
Full Fact is an independent, non-partisan fact-checking charity. A particular focus is the analysis of factual claims in political debate in the UK; for example, fact-checking claims and counterclaims made during Prime Minister's questions. Facts do not appear in a vacuum as they are often used as key elements in an effort to make a coherent…
Descriptors: Statistics, Literacy, Elections, Political Attitudes
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Rainville, Alice Jo; King, Amber D.; Nettles, Mary Frances – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: A national trend to improve school breakfast participation is the integration of breakfast within the school day. Breakfast in the classroom programs increase student access to school breakfast. Service models include "grab and go," distribution of breakfasts to each classroom, and mobile breakfast carts in hallways.…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
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Testa, Doris – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
This article focuses on primary school children's experiences of school-based social work programmes. These students, aged between 6 and 11, and drawn from a student population comprising 28 different cultural backgrounds and from low socio-economic backgrounds, participated in a case study that researched a school-based social work programme, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, School Social Workers, Social Work
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Khan, Shamima; Pinckney, Richard G.; Keeney, Dorigen; Frankowski, Barbara; Carney, Jan K. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Access to sufficient food--in terms of both quality and quantity--is especially critical for children. Undernourishment during childhood and adolescence can have health implications, both short and long term. The prevalence of food insecurity was assessed in a sample of Vermont school children, as well as the relationship between food…
Descriptors: Child Development, Exercise, Security (Psychology), Body Composition
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Hung, Li-Ching; Badejo, Folashade; Bennett, Jo – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2014
The quality of student learning and achievement in public schools has become a matter of public discourse and policy, thus led to the establishment of charter school concept. However, there are controversial reports on the academic performances of charter schools, inadequate information on their instructional practices, and the learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Case Studies, Charter Schools, Academic Achievement