# Childhood Hunger, Texas College Curriculum Changes & A-F Ratings Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings.md Podcast: [Growing Up In America: The Way It Is](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419) Published: 2026-08-19T20:05:32+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/3082091 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/3082091/growingupinamerica/2026_08_19_20_03_34_dd0897b4-91ec-45ca-a74c-407b734072a3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/episodes/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings Duration seconds: 3491 ## Resource On this episode of Growing Up in America , Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Liza Gomez (Deputy CEO at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Childhood Hunger: John Day , Chief Operations and Programs Officer at Kids’ Meals Inc., discusses childhood hunger in Harris County, what food insecurity looks like for young children and their families, and how Kids’ Meals is working to provide nutritious meals to children ages five and under. Higher Education: Samantha Ketterer , Higher Education Reporter at the Houston Chronicle , breaks down the latest developments at the University of Houston and other Texas universities as they respond to Senate Bill 37. Future of Texas Education: Commissioner Mike Morath of the Texas Education Agency discusses this year’s A–F school accountability ratings, what the results tell us about student outcomes across Texas and where schools are making progress. Listen live every Wednesday, live on 90.1 KPFT in Houston or stream at https://kpft.org/listen-live-hd1/ ! ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/episodes/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.