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A map in the June 12, 2019, issue of Education Week on states prohibiting “lunch shaming” incorrectly displayed Minnesota and Wisconsin. It has been corrected to show Minnesota among the states prohibiting the practice. Wisconsin does not have any such prohibition.

A version of this article appeared in the June 19, 2019 edition of Education Week as Correction

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