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These researchers say Boise’s free school breakfast program is ‘enormously successful'

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The very idea of a free breakfast for all school kids is … well... no one can argue against it being very nice. But when trustees in the Boise School District agreed to a free breakfast program – with a price tag over $2 million – there were several assumptions.

Will it improve the well-being of students? Might it improve their academic performance? Will it improve absences or tardies?

And how might it have an impact on student behavior? Those questions and many, many more sparked this must-read research.

Period25 Mar 2026

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  • Title These researchers say Boise’s free school breakfast program is ‘enormously successful'
    Degree of recognitionLocal
    Media name/outletBoise State Public Radio
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date25/03/26
    DescriptionThe very idea of a free breakfast for all school kids is … well... no one can argue against it being very nice. But when trustees in the Boise School District agreed to a free breakfast program – with a price tag over $2 million – there were several assumptions.

    Will it improve the well-being of students? Might it improve their academic performance? Will it improve absences or tardies?

    And how might it have an impact on student behavior? Those questions and many, many more sparked this must-read research.
    URLhttps://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/education/2026-03-25/boise-school-district-free-breakfast-research
    PersonsMcAllister Hall, Michael Kreiter, Arthur Scarritt
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