Since the new school lunch guidelines touted by Michelle Obama and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are causing cafeteria revolts across the country, one advocate for education reform says it's time for the government to realize its approach isn't working.
Kyle Olson of the Education Action Group Foundation (EAG) tells OneNewsNow his group reported about the students' complaints in Wisconsin, and the story made the top headline on the Drudge Report. Since then, he says they have been receiving emails from parents all across the country with similar complaints.
"I think what this is is a good example of this one-size-fits-all, top-down approach from Washington, attempting to dictate how people should live their lives, and people aren't liking it," Olson states. "It's not practical; it's not reasonable, and so people are fighting back."
Even if students choose to bring lunch from home, Olson is not so sure it would go without government interference.
"What we'll have to wait and see is if the government will attempt to overreach even more and dictate to parents what can be in the brown bag," the EAGnews.org publisher notes. "We've seen that happen -- we saw that last year in North Carolina."
Olson suggests that a moratorium be put on the new guidelines until a compromise can be worked out between the government and local school districts.