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Vermont's Universal School Meals Program: Challenging the Neoliberal Education Paradigm
1Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
|January 11, 2025
Summary
Universal School Meals (USM) programs challenge neoliberalism in public schools. These programs offer a systems-thinking approach to improve education and address poverty narratives.
Area of Science:
- Education Policy
- Sociology of Education
- Public Health Nutrition
Background:
- Neoliberalism's increasing influence on public schooling systems.
- Prevailing narratives of poverty within educational contexts.
- The role of school meals in student well-being and academic performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the implementation of Universal School Meals (USM) programs in US states.
- To analyze how USM programs subvert neoliberal paradigms in education.
- To explore USM programs as a leverage point for reimagining public schooling.
Main Methods:
- Systems-thinking analysis.
- Case study of Vermont's Universal School Meals program.
- Qualitative examination of policy implementation and impact.
Main Results:
- USM programs disrupt neoliberal educational frameworks.
- USM programs challenge and reframe poverty narratives.
- USM programs act as a significant leverage point for systemic change in education.
Conclusions:
- Universal School Meals programs offer a pathway to reclaim education's public purpose.
- Rethinking public schooling beyond neoliberal constraints is possible through initiatives like USM.
- Vermont's case illustrates the transformative potential of USM for educational systems.
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