Overworked and undervalued?

By Maria Burke2019-08-19T11:56:00

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TALIS survey reveals reality of teaching in England

The OECD’s Teaching and learning international survey reports the views of 260,000 teachers and school leaders from 48 countries and reveals how England’s workforce differs in several key ways. This article examines two of those, pay and workload, with insight from education commentators.

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