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IT IS not only disaffected young people who will need a new start as we head out of the pandemic, but it is they who will need a major incentive as well as a broad shoulder to lean on if they are going to be able to engage with further education or the world of work.
As pressure mounts on schools to reopen it is time for a reckoning.
At the start of the first coronavirus lockdown I was working with excluded pupils, who were often only engaging with learning at all to qualify for a food voucher.
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