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My family of 4 moved to France. My child started school at age 3 and gets healthy meals for lunch.
After moving in 2020, the family of four says they are not moving back. Public school starts at age…
Jane Ridley
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I'm an American sending my kids to camp in Italy. It's cheaper and kids eat freshly cooked meals.
I'm a mom of two and send my oldest to camp in Italy. There's more emphasis on play, less structure…
Caroline Chirichella
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I'm an American mom living in London. School ends in mid-July and my kids don't go to sleep-away camp.
I'm a New Yorker living in London with my four kids. They have school until mid-July and the city h…
Jennifer Barton
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Insider Today: Nantucket's 'free' homes
In Saturday's edition of Insider Today, we're talking about "free" homes on Nantucket, and a hot pi…
Joi-Marie McKenzie
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I live rent-free in NYC. Moving into a van has allowed me to save, avoid taking out loans, and live a life of adventure.
Gerardo Rios Garcia got accepted into Columbia University, packed up everything, and drove his van …
Gerardo Rios Garcia
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I'm an American mom living in France. I've never seen a screen out during meal time and French kids are always well-dressed.
I live in Bordeaux with my kid, and even though I've tried to assimilate to life in France, I stand…
Erica Jackson Curran
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I was a single mom on a budget. I couldn't afford summer camp for my son, but I still made sure he enjoyed his time off school.
I was a single mom on a budget and got creative while my son was on summer break. I made sure he go…
Ashley Archambault
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Debts for unpaid school meals are rising and families say they are left 'scrambling and confused' after pandemic-era free school lunch program ended
Nearly 850 school districts said they had debt for unpaid school meals to the tune of $19.2 millio…
Katie Balevic
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We moved from the US to Sweden. After-school care was basically free, but my kid barely learned any math.
He moved from Los Angeles to Sweden with his family. There school is very affordable, but his child…
Andy Kryza
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Our son attends local classrooms while we travel. We noticed primary schools in Europe let kids be kids.
We homeschool our and it allows us to travel. He joins schools all over Europe, and they're differe…
Lana Katsaros
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School districts in California are worried about cafeteria workers fleeing to fast-food chains to get $20-an-hour wages
School districts have chronic problems with recruiting and retaining staff, partly because of low w…
Grace Dean
How 2 million children are fed daily by the world's biggest free school meal provider
The Akshaya Patra Foundation has provided 3 billion free school meals and is one of India’s largest…
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Minnesota Republican votes against free school meals bill because 'I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry'
"I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry," said state senator Steve Drazkowski befo…
Joshua Zitser
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Mitch McConnell is reportedly opposing free school lunches: 'Kids are going to have less on their plates,' Biden's agriculture secretary says
Nearly 4 million children slipped back into poverty after the monthly child tax credit expired. Now…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Congress fails to extend free lunch waivers, putting meals for 10 million students at risk
A free school lunch program passed in March 2020 has not been renewed by Congress and will expire J…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Days after rejecting a bill to expand free school lunch for the state's neediest students, North Dakota senators voted to increase their own meal reimbursements
Some 13 Republican state senators voted for increased meal reimbursements for themselves while voti…
Taylor Ardrey
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Congress made school meals free for 2 years. Now, Republicans don't want to extend the program.
"I feel like kids are going to be embarrassed to get lunch again," a food service director in Massa…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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My American daughter goes to college in Argentina. It's free, but there are no dorms or meal plans.
Leigh Shulman was surprised by how few resources students had at Argentine universities, but it hel…
Leigh Shulman
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Wisconsin school-board president who backtracked on canceling free school lunch says it opened his eyes: 'I eat every meal every day. I cannot relate to being hungry.'
Other board members still voted against it, saying that after free lunch "it will be forced masking…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A Wisconsin school district says students can 'become spoiled' with free meals and opts out of Biden's free-lunch program
"I feel like this is a big problem, and it's really easy to get sucked into and become spoiled," a …