Published: February 1, 1995

Free Breakfasts For All

The state has supplemented federal funding with $167,000, including a one-year, $20,000 grant to study the effect the breakfast program has on student learning. Those involved with the program are already giving it high marks. "By making breakfast free for everyone, the poor eat as well as the kids who don't eat for other reasons,'' says Joleen Durken, the nutrition team leader for the Minnesota department of education. "We don't charge [students] for textbooks and bus rides, but we...