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Hunger Is
Common in Classrooms, Teachers Say in Survey
By Evie Blad
March 3, 2015
Three out of four public school
teachers responding to a recent survey said their students regularly come to
school hungry. And 93 percent of responding teachers said they worry about the
long-term effects of hunger on children's education.
Those findings come from an
online survey, which was released today and administered in January to a sample
of 600 teachers, 200 principals, and 200 school support staff on behalf of No
Kid Hungry, an advocacy group based in Washington.
They come shortly after the
release of a report that showed that, for the first time, more than half of
public school students in the United States qualify for free and reduced-price
meals. The survey also comes as schools take on new efforts to tackle
hunger through initiatives like offering afterschool meals, and partnering with
community organizations to send food home with hungry students on the
weekends.
Of the educators who reported
regularly seeing hungry students at school, 81 percent said it happens at least
once a week, the survey says. And that hunger has a range of effects on student
learning, they reported.
To tackle the problem, No Kid
Hungry recommends more schools serve breakfast in the classroom. Offering
students meals at the start of the school day (rather than before the bell
rings) reduces the stigma of coming in early, and eliminates some logistical
challenges that keep students from eating breakfast at school, the organization
says.
A recent report found that more
low-income children are eating free and reduced-price breakfasts at school,
either in the classroom or in the cafeteria.
Click Here to read the full report,
Hunger in Our Schools
(2015)
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Attend
the
2015 Black
Star Project
College
Fair
on
Saturday,
April 25, 2015
The
Chicago Lake Shore Hotel
4900 South
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago,
Illinois
10:00 am
to 1:00 pm
60 colleges
and universities will exhibit including:
- University of Illinois Chicago
- East West University
- New Mexico State University
- Xavier (LA) - (HBCU)
- Alabama A&M - (HBCU)
- University of Chicago
- Governors State University
- City Colleges of Chicago
- DePaul University
- United States Coast Guard
- Lane College - (HBCU)
- Valparaiso University
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| The 2013 College Fair attracts more than 1,000
participants. |
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Great universities like DePaul University was
there!
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Students,
parents and educators from Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Flint and
Lansing - Michigan; Gary, Michigan City, Bloomington, Evansville, South Bend,
Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, East Chicago and Hammond - Indiana; Davenport, Iowa
City, Clinton, DesMoines, Cedar Rapids and Bettendorf - Iowa; Milwaukee, Racine,
Madison, Kenosha and Green Bay - Wisconsin; St. Louis and Columbia - Missouri;
and Rockford, Peoria, Aurora, Springfield, East St. Louis, Joliet, Carbondale,
Decatur, Danville, Kankakee; Bloomington, Quincy, Champaign, Waukegan and
Chicago - Illinois are encouraged to attend this college fair. Please
call 773.285.9600 for more information. Click Here to see and hear
the last Black Star Project's College Fair.
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Brilliant Young Black Man
Causes Biggest Fight in
Shark Tank History Over His Dynamic
Opportunity
Below,
Sharks listen to college student Christopher Gray before "blood in the water
causes
a feeding
frenzy!"
Click Here to watch and listen to
college student Christopher Gray manage five multi-millionaire and
multi-billionaire sharks!
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The Black Star Project
presents
2015
Weatherization specialist training
Train
for a new career in the growing field of residential
weatherization!
- MUST PASS DRUG SCREEN AND BASIC MATH / READING TEST
- MUST RESIDE IN DOUGLAS, BRONZEVILLE, WOODLAWN OR NEW CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS
- MUST BE MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED AND ABLE TO ATTEND ALL SCHEDULED
CLASSES DURING THE 10 WEEK COURSE
- CLASSES MEET IN THE EVENINGS AND SATURDAYS
- PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED
This
FREE part-time course prepares you for certification with the Building
Performance Institute. This national certification is the industry standard in
residential weatherization work. You will learn the theories behind residential
weatherization and gain hands-on experience installing insulation and
air-sealing measures. Workers in this and other green construction fields earn
competitive salaries.
For more information, please
call 773.285.9600 or email laura@blackstarproject.org
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Successful Citizens United to
Save the Southland Event
Phillip Jackson's remarks on
ending
the School-to-Prison Pipeline and educating
Black children were well received by 100 South Suburban
Chicago residents at Thornwood
High
School in South Holland,
Illinois.
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Finally, See and Hear the
2015 Black Star Project
Daddy Daughter Dance
Click Here to Read Full Story and
Leave a Positive Comment for the Chicago Tribune
Click Here to See a Gallery of Daddy
Daughter Dance Photos
Click Here to Leave a Comment for The
Black Star Project
Click Here to Bring the Daddy-Daughter
Dance to Your City
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Restoring Justice
A
Film Screening and Community Discussion Produced and Hosted by The School
Project and Free Spirit Media
Thursday,
March 5, 2015
North
Lawndale College Prep
- Collins
Campus
1313 S.
Sacramento Avenue
Chicago, IL
60623
In The School Project's third
segment, Restoring Justice, young documentary filmmakers from Free Spirit Media explore the impacts
of discipline policies on students, school communities, and society.
Historically, excessively punitive
policies have served to push allegedly disruptive students out of class and
school and have fueled the school to prison pipeline (a term that illustrates
the severity of the issue).
The film that this event centers around
examines the movement toward more youth-centered, restorative justice practices,
which began as a grass-roots effort and have subsequently been adopted to
district leadership.
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