When young people experience hunger, even for short periods of time, their ability to learn suffers. Hunger takes children out of classrooms and prevents them from learning when they are in attendance. A good breakfast helps students make the most of the morning, when demanding school subjects are often taught.
Studies prove what teachers have known for years - breakfast helps children learn.
In addition to traditional breakfast foods, school breakfast menus often include such nontraditional items as peanut butter toast, breakfast pizza, soft granola bars, pancakes on a stick and various bran, fruit and nut muffins. Since the 1960s, Congress has believed that breakfast at school is a good investment in the education of America's young people. The price paid for a breakfast at school is less than half what you would pay at a fast food restaurant. Breakfast at school is a bargain because of the federal funds and the reduced costs to produce meals at school. Others may receive reduced-price breakfasts.