Guest columnist Emily Muttillo serves as director of research, Williamson Family Fellow for Applied Research, at The Center for Community Solutions. She guides staff members in examining a variety of ...

Students could face more difficulty accessing free school meals and school-based health services—and schools and states could have a harder time providing them—under Congress’ sweeping budget bill ...

Schools are bracing for the impact on their students as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) teeters on the brink of running out of money amid the government shutdown. SNAP funds had ...

As the ongoing federal government shutdown threatens families’ access to November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program support, it appears free school meals for qualifying metro-east students ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Lilya Medvedev and 84 other students in ...