The Colorado Independent

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Posts Tagged school breakfast

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Childhood hunger in Colorado is on the rise

By | 09.12.11 | 7:23 am

One thing you can say about a kid who goes to bed hungry is that he will wake up the same way. Odds are he’ll go to school hungry as well. Repeat that cycle a few times a week and you’ve got a problem. Experts say it is a problem that can be solved, even though it hasn’t been yet.

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Colorado kids rank 11th smartest in study comparing test scores with family income

By | 01.25.11 | 6:40 am

Amidst ongoing debate over the state’s role in providing breakfast for school children comes a report indicating that kids living in poverty do worse in school than kids whose families have more resources.