Sentences with phrase «by children on free school meals»

New research by the Social Mobility Commission has uncovered a progression gap between choices made by children on free school meals and their more affluent peers which can not be explained by their results at school or where they live.

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School districts long struggled with the issue of feeding children whose parents couldn't or wouldn't pay, and Diane Pratt - Heavener, spokesperson for the School Nutrition Association, recently asserted on Take Part that the improved meal standards mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act have only worsened the problem.

But a lesser - noticed story published that same day on the Times School Book blog reported that New York City is being forced to cut its Universal Meals Program, which had previously insured that all children at some predominantly low - income schools received free lunches, without demonstrating economic need — and therefore without risking social stigma by taking the schoolSchool Book blog reported that New York City is being forced to cut its Universal Meals Program, which had previously insured that all children at some predominantly low - income schools received free lunches, without demonstrating economic need — and therefore without risking social stigma by taking the schoolschool meal.

Note: The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week (and possibly even today) on the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, the Senate bill that reauthorizes the Child Nutrition Act and which will, if passed, increase school food funding by 6 cents per meal.

The CEP was one of the less publicized gains of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA), allowing schools to provide universal meals to an entire school based on «direct certification» data, such as how many children live in households receiving food stamps (SNAP benefits), without also requiring annual paper applications submitted by parents.

«Her Excellency Aisha Buhari has appealed to the ruling party All Progressives Congress, APC not to renege on their campaign promise of paying N5, 000 to 25 million unemployed Nigerians and giving school children one free meal a day,» read a statement issued on her behalf by Adebisi Olumide, her media aide.

This investment builds on the # 282m already secured for the Pupil Premium by the Welsh Lib Dems, which from next April will be worth # 1,150 for every child receiving free school meals.

The interviews given by leading Lib Dem MPs over the weekend suggest that their narrative at the next election will go something like this: «We have protected the poorest and most deserving by raising the personal tax allowance, providing the biggest ever increase in the state pension, and giving schools a «pupil premium» - more money for every child on free school meals.

Junior and secondary schools need to pay just as much attention to this issue if they're going to build on the legacy created by free infant school meals, making sure that children continue to opt for school meals — even when they have to pay for them.

However, research by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows that primary schools with more than 40 per cent of children on free school meals will on average lose # 473 per pupil.

Commenting on figures released today by The Children's Society, showing that one million children in England will miss out on free school meals under plans to «means test» universal credit, Dr MaChildren's Society, showing that one million children in England will miss out on free school meals under plans to «means test» universal credit, Dr Machildren in England will miss out on free school meals under plans to «means test» universal credit, Dr Mary Bo...

In other initiatives some headteachers have opted to fund tutoring for disadvantaged students using the pupil premium, which is paid by the government to schools for every child on free meals.

Results of national tests known as Sats taken by 10 and 11 - year - olds in England show that children on free school meals do less well than their classmates, and the pattern continues to GCSE level.