Zachary is a fourth grader at a large New York City public elementary school. Each day he reads the Department of Education lunch menu online to see what is being served. The menu describes delicious and nutritious cuisine that reads as if it came from the finest restaurants. However, when Zachary gets to school, he finds a very different reality. Armed with a concealed video camera and a healthy dose of rebellious courage, Zachary embarks on a six month covert mission to collect video footage of his lunch and expose the truth about the City’s school food service program.
It’s worth it to mention that it all started with a disagreement between Zach and his parents. What an effective way to civilly dissent, yes? [learn more]
Vanessa Domine is the author of Rethinking Technology in Schools (2009, Peter Lang). Her forthcoming book is titled, “Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy Can Save Education in the United States.”