The U.S. Department of Agriculture even states that à la carte options do not have to comply with the standards set for foods sold in schools. According to the USDA website, “any entrée item offered as part of the lunch program or the breakfast program is exempt from all competitive food standards.”

Introduction Unique only to Clayton and a few others school districts in the St. Louis area is a sports-related policy known as the “no-cut” policy. With it, these districts have decided that...

Despite the searing heat of that July day, Soldier Field was crammed to capacity.  An anxious crowd restlessly awaited the moment at which Martin Luther King, Jr. was to emerge on the field below to...