How to make the start of a new school year easier for parents, children, and teachers alike.
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Obama’s Back-to-School Message
Is there something inherently wrong about a President addressing students on their way back to school?
Read More »Back-to-School Blues
After a summer of freedom, my daughter has no desire to return to school.
Read More »Book Review: Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to the Old School Culture by Kirsten Olson
Heading back to school with a dose of reality.
Read More »Interview with James Jones of World Vision, Burundi
“Food insecurity” is one of the leading factors keeping children from school.
Read More »Interview with Bienvenu Djossa, World Food Progamme Country Director for Senegal
“An empty stomach cannot hear” and only a well-fed child can focus and compete in class.
Read More »Interview with Abdullahi Khalif, World Food Programme Officer for Somalia
School feeding programs offer young Somalis the best chance to make a future for themselves and for their beleaguered country.
Read More »Interview with Stanlake Samkange, World Food Programme Director in Uganda
Chronic hunger among children is undermining the development prospects of the entire region of Karamoja.
Read More »Interview with Negar Gerami of the UN World Food Programme in Iran
WFP is planning to expand its take-home rations program into secondary schools, both in the camps and in schools close-by.
Read More »Interview with Rene McGuffin of the World Food Programme in Kenya
Many children are frequently absent from school, or drop out to look for food or income.
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