Posts tagged with: Education

You Can Read Your Kid's School Lunch Menu. You Just Can't Compare It.

Published on October 27, 2026 11 min read

I built a tracker for what US school districts actually serve kids. Then I found out that 20 of the 25 biggest districts publish their menus through two apps whose terms of use, as best I can read them, rule out collecting and republishing them.

School Gets Out at 12:05 on Thursdays

Published on July 31, 2026 14 min read

California just gave my daughter free transitional kindergarten, and I'm thrilled. Then I saw the bell schedule. A data-driven look at how American school days and American work days stopped speaking to each other.

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