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Commentary: How schools can help save the world

As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world. In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, Europe and Asia were still reeling from the devastation of that conflict. War always leads to food shortages, and millions of people in countries torn apart by the world’s biggest war were headed toward starvation ...
A community health worker takes measurements of a boy to gauge his nutritional status, in Purapul village, Loiyangalani area, during World Vision- supported health interventions that help communities tackle malnutrition and other health problems caused by drought, in Marsabit, northern Kenya, on July 12, 2022.

As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world.

In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, Europe and Asia were still reeling from the devastation of that conflict. War always leads to food shortages, and millions of people in countries torn apart by the world’s

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