File photo of students at Eastlawn Elementary School in Burlington. The mini-budget recently passed by state lawmakers to fund urgent needs includes continued funding to support free school meals at ...

Three years ago, the federal government ended a pandemic-era policy that allowed schools to offer free meals to all students. In the years since, many schools have had to go back to pre-pandemic ...

More students are getting free- and reduced-price meals in school, according to a recently released report. It’s a rise driven, in large part, by states passing universal school meal laws. New York is ...

Education officials and advocates are celebrating five years since organizing to push Massachusetts to extend free school ...