Public Schools Feed Multitudes in the Summer
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The New York City school system has become one of the nationâs largest summer soup kitchens.
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More and more public schools are turning to artificial turf fields in an effort to make grass stains, rain delays and games in the mud things of the past.
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In dozens of schools across the city, New York City's nearly 1.1 million public school students returned for the opening of a new school year.
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Sorry kids, no more big cups of fries. Next fall, students in Arlington Public Schools will find their cafeterias' culinary scales tipped in a healthier direction, with more trail mix and baked foods and fewer fried and sugary foods.
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For several months now, Washington area schools have been taking a hard line on hard candy -- as well as the cookies and cream-filled confections that used to seem like harmless splurges in the course of a child's day. But many parents and health advocates wish schools would devote as much energy to...
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The purchasing power of kids is a big part of why the back-to-school season has become such a huge marketing phenomenon.
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A technology known as an audience response system is spreading to public and private schools across the country.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning
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Parents are spending more than ever before on what their children wear at school, according to a survey.
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By MIKE JOHNSON  Town of Merton - If you're a kid and it's a school day, there aren't too many better ways to spend the hours than splashing around in a lake, tromping through a swamp or hiking in a forest, all with the blessing of the principal and teachers.
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It is a back-to-school ritual being repeated around the region in the waning days of summer.
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Millions of children have poured into schools as country after country has made primary education free.
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As national estimates focus on an increase in serious infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant germ, officials in the Washington region have identified more than a dozen cases among students and are organizing extensive cleanups of numerous schools.
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Secondary schools have been told to allow pupils to carry water and consume it during lessons because of evidence that it improves their health and academic performance.
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By Tara M. Manthey, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 23--Erica Palmer imagined she was making a presentation to her grandmother, not the governor.   The sixth-grader held that picture in her head as she explained Spanaway Elementary School's gardening project to Gov.
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Officials are considering plans to hire private groups at taxpayer expense to manage scores of public schools.
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By Charlie Boss, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 24--Mornings at the school sound of water splashing on soapy hair, onions sizzling on a skillet and computers humming.