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Transforming Lives: The Positive Impact of School Retention Strategies on the Probability of Students’ Dropout in Medellin
This study assesses the causal effect of school retention strategies on the probability of school dropout in Medellin, Colombia. The probit model is estimated using microdata on enrollment published by the Ministry of National Education and data on beneficiaries of school retention programs, year 2019. Three impact evaluation methods are employed to obtain the counterfactual group of each school retention program: Self- Selected Comparisons, Propensity Score Matching, and Endogenous Treatment-Effects. Results from the latter method show that the probability of school dropout is lower for students enrolled in the School Meals Program, School Transportation Program, or Complementary School Day Program, compared to the counterfactual groups, by -1.0 pp, -3.17 pp, and -2.97 pp, respectively. However, the study finds heterogeneous effects around school retention programs, which are explained by students’ social class, nationality, and sex. Este estudio evalúa el efecto de las estrategias de retención escolar sobre la probabilidad de deserción estudiantil en Medellín, Colombia. El modelo probit se estima utilizando microdatos de matrícula consolidados por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional y datos de beneficiarios de programas de retención escolar, año 2019. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes con acceso al Programa de Alimentación Escolar, Programa de Transporte Escolar, o Programa de Jornada Escolar Complementaria reducen la probabilidad de deserción escolar en -1.0 pp, -3.17 pp, y -2.97 pp, respectivamente. Sin embargo, el estudio encuentra efectos heterogéneos significativos en torno a los programas de retención escolar que se explican por la clase social, la nacionalidad y el sexo de los estudiantes. Neste estudo, avalia-se o efeito das estratégias de permanência escolar sobre a probabilidade de evasão escolar dos estudantes em Medellín, Colômbia. O modelo probit é estimado usando microdados sobre matrículas consolidadas pelo Ministério da Educação Nacional e dados sobre beneficiários de programas de permanência escolar, de 2019. Os resultados mostram que os estudantes com acesso ao Programa de Alimentação Escolar, ao Programa de Transporte Escolar ou ao Programa de Jornada Escolar Complementar reduzem a probabilidade de abandono escolar em -1,0 p.p., -3,17 p.p. e -2,97 p.p., respectivamente. No entanto, no estudo, encontram-se efeitos heterogêneos significativos em torno dos programas de permanência escolar que são explicados pela classe social, nacionalidade e gênero dos estudantes.
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School lunch politics : the surprising history of America's favorite welfare program
From the Publisher: Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. 'School Lunch Politics' covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science, through the establishment of the National School Lunch Program in 1946, to the transformation of school meals into a poverty program during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Associations among Food Security, School Meal Participation, and Students’ Diet Quality in the First School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 updated the nutrition standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (NSLP and SBP) and expanded universal free meals’ availability in low-income schools. Past studies have shown that school meals are an important resource for children in food-insecure households. This analysis used data from the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study to classify students as food insecure (FI), marginally secure (MS), or food secure (FS). Diet quality from school and nonschool foods that students consumed was assessed using Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2010 scores. Chi-squared and two-tailed t-tests were conducted to compare school meal participation, students’ energy intakes, and diet quality across food security groups. FI and MS students were significantly more likely to participate in NSLP than FS students (79%, 71%, and 49%, respectively). SBP participation followed a similar pattern but was lower (38% FI, 33% MS, and 16% FS). Compared to FS students, FI and MS students more likely attended schools offering SBP, universal free meals, or afterschool snacks and suppers. School meals contributed significantly more energy to FI and MS students’ diets than to FS students (22%, 20%, and 13%, respectively). All groups’ dietary intakes from school foods were of higher quality than non-school foods. These findings highlight the role of school meals in meeting the energy and diet quality needs of FI and MS students.
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Transforming Education
Working away from trends in government policy, this book takes a future-oriented re-imagining of schools with a focus on four innate human capacities: collaboration, critical reflection, communication and creativity.
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The labor of lunch : why we need real food and real jobs in American public schools
\"Children, parents, and pundits agree that there's a problem with school lunch. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower \"lunch ladies\" to do more than just reheat ready-made industrial food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the National School Lunch Program, Jennifer Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration and moral heft, The Labor of Lunch offers a stirring call to action and a blueprint for school lunch reforms capable of delivering a healthier, more equitable, caring, and sustainable future\"--Provided by publisher.
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All systems go
Changing whole education systems for the better as measured by student achievement requires coordinated leadership at school, community, district, and government levels. This book lays out a comprehensive action plan for achieving whole-system reform.
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Awakening democracy through public work : pedagogies of empowerment
\"In the face of authoritarian, divisive trends and multiplying crises, when politics-as-usual is stymied, Awakening Democracy through Public Work shows it is possible to build foundations for a democratic awakening grounded in deep American traditions of a citizen-centered commonwealth.\"--Back cover.
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Factors contributing to school food program acceptance: a Review of Canadian literature
Diet quality and food security are a concern in school-aged children in Canada. In 2019, the Canadian federal government announced the intention to work towards a national school food program. Understanding the factors that impact school food program acceptability can inform planning to ensure that students are willing to participate. A scoping review of school food programs in Canada completed in 2019 identified 17 peer-reviewed and 18 grey literature publications. Of these, five peer-reviewed and nine grey literature publications included a discussion of factors that impact the acceptance of school food programs. These factors were thematically analyzed into categories: stigmatization, communication, food choice and cultural considerations, administration, location and timing, and social considerations. Considering these factors while planning can help to maximize program acceptability.
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