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Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application and Income Verification Practices in School Nutrition Programs in the United States
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Kwon, Junehee; Lee, Yee Ming; Park, Eunhye; Wang, Yujia; Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2017
Purpose/Objectives: This study assessed current practices and attitudes of school nutrition program (SNP) management staff regarding free and reduced-price (F-RP) meal application and verification in SNPs. Methods: Stratified, randomly selected 1,500 SNP management staff in 14 states received a link to an online questionnaire and/or a printed…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Administrator Attitudes, Questionnaires
Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program. IRP Discussion Paper No. 1402-12
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Frisvold, David E. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2012
This paper investigates the impact of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal entitlement program that offers breakfast to any student, including free breakfast for any low-income student, who attends a school that participates in the program. To increase the availability of the SBP, many states mandate…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Development, Federal Programs
School Foodservice Costs: Location Matters. ERS Report Summary
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Ollinger, Michael; Ralston, Katherine; Guthrie, Joanne – US Department of Agriculture, 2011
This study examines the extent to which location influences school foodservice costs per meal. It does not examine the effects of cost variation on financial solvency of an school food authority (SFA) or the adequacy of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) meal reimbursements. Higher per meal costs do not necessarily indicate that an SFA is…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Nutrition, Costs, Food Service
The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption. Discussion Paper No. 1360-08
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Waehrer, Geetha M. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2008
This paper analyzes the effect of participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on breakfast consumption using time-diary data from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Participation effects are identified by comparing differences in breakfast patterns between weekdays (when children are in school) and…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Student Participation
Elementary Principal Perceptions on Key Leadership Responsibilities Associated with Increased Student Achievement
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Hopper, Lora E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although research has provided a substantial amount of information about key characteristics of effective school leaders, there is a growing need for continued improvement and reflective practice on the continuous development of instructional leaders. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent elementary principals perceive they are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Leadership Responsibility
Community Class Structure and School Nutrition Program Participation.
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Wheelock, Gerald C.; Warren, Ann Preyer – 1976
This study uses empirical analysis of the school lunch and breakfast programs as it has been implemented since 1972 in 28 north Alabama school districts to seek answers to a number of questions concerning the effects of an administration proposal to provide block grants to the states to design and implement their own child nutrition programs. The…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid