Dan Shutes has been an educator for 11 years, and started his special lunchtime tradition a few years into his role Dan Shutes, an educator from Paw Paw, Michigan, eats lunch with his 5th grade class ...

When the school bell rings for lunch, you won’t find 5th grade teacher Dan Shutes eating with colleagues or grading papers — he’s sitting at the lunch table with his students. “We talk about movies or ...

Every weekday, kids have to eat during school hours. And there is an army of parents and cafeteria workers making that happen. Cafeteria meals — not just lunch but often breakfast and after-school ...

The tradition began a couple of years ago, and since then Shutes has shared more about why he started doing this on social media. The teacher says it’s great to hear how he’s inspiring teachers in ...