URL: Govt Guarded On Free Meals In Poor Schools | Stuff.co.nz
However, Waikato Principals' Association chair John Coulam welcomed any government-led initiative that helped to lift the achievement of children living in poverty. "Household income and poverty do in fact affect student performance, so, from an educational point of view, if that is one of the barriers to a child succeeding in learning then I would applaud it being addressed," he said. "I just hope that the Government's developing a social conscience. That would be ...
