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A Whopping 76% Of Teachers Say Kids Come To School Hungry. Here's What's Being Done
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/public-schools-breakfast_n_6794012.htmlAfter years of teaching elementary school, there’s one struggling student in particular that Robbie Butler cannot shake from her mind.
“Ms. Butler, I’m hungry,” the boy would tell her every day. “I don’t have any food at home.”
Butler is hardly alone in feeling concern for students who don’t have enough to eat and see their grades and prospects decline as a result.
A recent survey released by No Kid Hungry found that 76 percent of public school teachers reported students coming to school hungry regularly. While the study concluded that hunger is on the rise among children in the U.S. and that its consequences are immeasurable, the staff members polled agreed that a solution is already in sight.
“Ms. Butler, I’m hungry,” the boy would tell her every day. “I don’t have any food at home.”
Butler is hardly alone in feeling concern for students who don’t have enough to eat and see their grades and prospects decline as a result.
A recent survey released by No Kid Hungry found that 76 percent of public school teachers reported students coming to school hungry regularly. While the study concluded that hunger is on the rise among children in the U.S. and that its consequences are immeasurable, the staff members polled agreed that a solution is already in sight.
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