What can teachers expect from the current Labour leadership’s approach to education?
In January, I attended the Fabian Society’s virtual conference. As a teacher, I was keen to attend the sessions with Kate Green, current shadow education secretary, and Wes Streeting, shadow schools minister, to hear in their own words the direction of travel for the Labour party on education. On the current crisis Both Streeting and Green discussed the inequalities that the pandemic has laid bare, from the digital divide, to the free school meals fiasco and the growing attainment gap. They...