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Social Stigma and Social Media on the Lunch Line

by Bettina Elias Siegel on December 2, 2011

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation’s current economic woes. I subscribe to the print edition [...]

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Chris Liebig was a former classmate of mine at both Yale College and Harvard Law School, yet somehow, despite attending the same schools together for years on end, we never actually met!  Then, a few months ago, Chris connected with me through The Lunch Tray to discuss an issue that’s of serious concern to many [...]

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And the Winner of The Lunch Tray Caption Contest Is . . . .

by Bettina Elias Siegel on August 19, 2011

Last week I posted an eerily unrealistic photo of “school lunch” I’d found on the cover of a government report . . . . . . and asked Lunch Tray readers to come up with a funny caption for it. Entries came pouring in via Facebook and the blog, and I and my committee of [...]

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