‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of UK teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics
The Guardian -

The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, which has overdelivered on targets for older workers, has sparked an outcryMinisters have been accused of making a crisis in the recruitment of teachers even worse after axing funding to a much-praised programme helping older workers start a new career in the classroom.An outcry is already beginning over the decision to axe the career change programme, with organisers complaining that there “will be barely anyone left to teach our children”...

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