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In 750 deprived areas of England, healthy supervised breakfasts are being prototyped in Primary Schools with government funding before a full rollout.

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Submitted ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sixeyo@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rvr211xejo

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    good, and sad that food is now a literal carrot to get kids to come to school

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    • core@leminal.space ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its not to get kids to come to school, its so they aren’t hungry, b/c kids shouldn’t be starving. And kids also do better in school when they aren’t hungry.

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      • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I agree in principle, but then the “boost attendance” quote seems to suggest that more kids are coming rather than the same kids are performing better

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