Students Test Scores Rise a Few Weeks After Families Get Food Stamps

“[Students] may be less able to learn because of temporarily lowered cognitive functioning or less ability to pay attention,” the researchers write. “Even if these periods represent only a few days each SNAP benefit cycle, these consequences of these ‘lowered learning’ days over the course of the school year may accumulate over the course of the academic year.”

The lack of consistent access to quality food is a key issue.  A few bad days at school add up to serious consequences for  a child's future.