Who’s helping teachers with tough kids?
50,000 children have been kicked out of mainstream school
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Who’s helping teachers with tough kids?" was published on November 15, 2018 and runs 19 minutes.
November 15, 2018 ·19m · Beyond Today
Summary
We get inside one of the places where they try to teach pupils kicked out of mainstream school. 50,000 of them are now in what’s called alternative provision. Why are more children being excluded from school and what can be done to support them and the teachers who try to educate them? The BBC’s Noel Titheradge takes us through what he found and Kiran Gill, founder of The Difference, describes some of the solutions for teachers working in alternative provision and pupil referral units.Producers: Becky Lipscombe, Jaja Muhammad and Philly Beaumont.
Episode Description
We get inside one of the places where they try to teach pupils kicked out of mainstream school. 50,000 of them are now in what’s called alternative provision. Why are more children being excluded from school and what can be done to support them and the teachers who try to educate them? The BBC’s Noel Titheradge takes us through what he found and Kiran Gill, founder of The Difference, describes some of the solutions for teachers working in alternative provision and pupil referral units.
Producers: Becky Lipscombe, Jaja Muhammad and Philly Beaumont.
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