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Con-Dems’ attack on teachers must be resisted
Resolute action by us all is urgently required, says MAX HYDE

I have spent my working life hoping to open up the life chances, the lifelong chances, of others.  

I am proud to be a teacher and to have educated thousands of young people in my career as a teacher of physics and chemistry.  

So why does the coalition government label me an “enemy of promise”?

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