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• The Guardian view on schools: Labour’s proposals rightly put the focus on teachers | Editorial

  09-07-2023 19:30
  
  Restoring morale will take time and money. But unlike the government, Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have some bright ideasTwo more days of school were missed by thousands of children in England last week because of strikes, while the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, refused to reveal an independent review body’s recommendations on teachers’ pay. There is a high likelihood that headteachers will join industrial action in the autumn. For years, Conservative ministers have
  
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• Readers reply: what languages do native speakers of Mandarin and Arabic find the hardest to learn?

  09-07-2023 15:00
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsMandarin and Arabic often top the list of languages that are hardest to learn. But what do native speakers of those languages find the hardest to master, and why? Alex Billings, LincolnSend new questions to [email protected]. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer’s right, speaking skills can change your life. They did mine | Chiara LaFerla

  09-07-2023 07:31
  
  A course at my state school taught me how to speak up confidently in public, it’s an opportunity all pupils should haveKeir Starmer pledged last week to improve children’s speaking skills across the board. I think it’s needed more than ever. I grew up in south London, mainly in Croydon, in an immigrant family. My secondary school was very strict – we were encouraged not to speak out. I went from being this loud character in primary school to becoming really quiet in secon
  
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• English teaching unions to strike during Tory conference if pay deal rejected

  09-07-2023 07:00
  
  Action could be directed at Rishi Sunak’s keynote speech, seen as vital in run-up to general election campaignTeachers are preparing to target Rishi Sunak’s make-or-break Tory conference speech with strike action this autumn, amid growing cabinet support for a compromise to end months of public sector walkouts.Should ministers fail to support a deal that would hand teachers a 6.5% increase this year, all major teaching unions in England are increasingly confident that their members w
  
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