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School meals: Healthy lunches, food waste and effects on learning
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Policymakers pay a lot of attention to the meals served in public schools. In the midst of a nationwide childhood obesity epidemic, lawmakers are working to improve the nutritional value of foods and beverages served on campus. Some research suggests healthier lunches lead to higher test scores and that many kids rely on school meals as their main source of food.
Homelessness in the United States: Trends and demographics
Source: JournalistsResource.orgThe problem of homelessness is a particularly difficult one for researchers to understand and journalists to cover. As a 2013 study in the American Journal of Public Health indicates, even those who have deep knowledge in this area and work directly with the homeless often have difficulty assessing patterns and needs.
Citizen participation in municipal budgeting: Origins, practices, impact
Source: JournalistsResource.orgAre U.S. state and local governments on a fiscally sustainable path?
Source: JournalistsResource.orgSome seat belt laws may be less effective at reducing traffic deaths
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A new study suggests that laws allowing police to directly cite motorists for not wearing seat belts may be less effective than they once were at reducing accident deaths.