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Do Students' Academic Performance and Participation Get Better through School Feeding in Ethiopia?
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Assefa, Easaw Alemayehu – Educational Planning, 2023
According to the Ethiopia Ministry of Education (2015), school feeding initiatives, such as feeding children in food insecure conditions, providing educational resources, and school meals are essential for supporting access to general education. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of school feeding program on the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 8, Hunger
Austerity Is Impeding Children's Education: A Qualitative Study of the Associations of Food Insecurity and School Engagement in Ghana
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Mohammed, Abdul-Rahim – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
The latest round of fiscal austerity in Ghana has meant that the feeding rate paid to the service providers of Ghana's school feeding programme is both frozen and unrealistically low. Accordingly, service providers adopt discretionary coping strategies. This qualitative case study, therefore, explores the impacts of austerity on children's school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Financial Problems
Academic and Attendance Outcomes after Participation in a School Breakfast Program
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Chandrasekhar, Aparajita; Xie, Luyu; Mathew, Matthew S.; Fletcher, Julie G.; Craker, Kelsey; Parayil, Megin; Messiah, Sarah E. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Little is known about how school breakfast programs are associated with school attendance and academic performance. This study evaluated Dallas Independent School District's (DISD) breakfast after the bell (BATB) program that provides breakfast for both habitually tardy and non-tardy students on (1) academic performance and (2) student…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students
More Than a Matter of Taste: Ensuring Students Eat Right
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Ford, Sandra – School Business Affairs, 2013
Studies have substantiated the link between proper nutrition and success in the classroom and beyond. Research has also found that eating breakfast is associated with improved classroom behavior and higher math, reading, and standardized test scores. Manatee County, Florida offers free breakfast to all students in 14 schools. Many students arrive…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Academic Achievement, Scores, Student Improvement
The Role of School and Individual Differences in the Academic Attainment of Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A Multi-Level Analysis
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Humphrey, Neil; Wigelsworth, Michael; Barlow, Alexandra; Squires, Garry – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at a greatly increased risk of poor academic outcomes. Understanding the factors that influence their attainment is a crucial first step towards developing more effective provision. In the current study we present a multi-level, natural variation analysis which highlights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Educational Attainment, Inclusion
School Breakfast Program and School Performance.
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Meyers, Alan; And Others – 1988
Children who participate in the School Breakfast Program show significant improvement in academic performance and tardiness rates, and a trend toward improvement in absenteeism. The School Breakfast Program was created by Congress in 1966 to provide a breakfast on school days for low income children who would otherwise have none. Children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Ancillary School Services, Attendance