ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Walter Kerr is joined by Brett Wigdortz OBE, visionary founder of Teach First and co-founder of Tiney. From the early battles to prove Teach First could work to his new mission tackling childcare, Brett reflects on two decades of reform, the future of teacher recruitment and why early years deserve far more attention.
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