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The SecEd Podcast: What do our students need from schools post-pandemic?

Pastoral issues Pupil wellbeing Mental health Coronavirus Covid recovery
There is a lot of talk about academic catch-up, lost learning, and a Covid generation. But what do our students actually need as we emerge from the pandemic? What should school look like from September?

Many politicians and commentators have adopted a deficit model to discuss schooling post-pandemic, focusing on academic catch-up above all else.

But have we stopped to ask what our children actually need? Have we stopped to consider how schools might Build Back Better? Or what school should look like from September for those of us that reject this deficit mindset?

This podcast was inspired after an article by a long-time friend of SecEd Graham Moore, a former inner city teacher of 13 years, in which he challenges schools to reject the rhetoric of catch-up at all costs and to focus on what our students need...

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