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Podcast: Teacher exhaustion as half-term lockdown looms

Covid-19 is piling pressure on teachers as scientists propose a nationwide half-term lockdown to contain second wave
18th September 2020, 6:14pm
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Podcast: Teacher exhaustion as half-term lockdown looms

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Podcast Sept 18

Join the Tes news team as we discuss how teachers are already exhausted at the start of the new term, and how new research shows they’ve felt undervalued and unsupported during lockdown.

We also talk about how education secretary Gavin Williamson caused a stir by saying some teachers didn’t do as much as others during lockdown, and we look ahead to GCSE and A levels next year and the possibility of them being held in public buildings.

Finally we ask: how likely is a half-term lockdown?

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