Lurker since Lockdown #1, first post.
Have been reading most of the threads on this board lately, especially the education ones. Both I and DH have several family members in education. My DMum, for one, is a retired schoolteacher who now works as a TA for children with SEN.
A lot of posters on these threads seem to think there has been no (or not much) media interest from the UK media? Some folks believe there's a D notice that has silenced the media, particularly at the local level. Apologies if this has been discussed already, but has anyone tried the international papers? Like Der Speigel in English, El Pais and Le Monde in English--that sort of thing?
Especially with Brexit about to go live, as it were, all eyes are going to be on the UK. If news outlets abroad picked up on the desperate situation that some schools are in, would that possibly shame inspire our government into doing something to make schools safer?
From what I've observed, this government seems to be at least somewhat influenced by public opinion. Maybe if the plight of teachers put at risk and students forced to isolate for weeks was made known to a wider audience, it would be a call to action.
Also, a lot of UK citizens, both at home and abroad, would read these papers and finally see what is going on in our schools. Because as you can tell from the posts, a lot of people have no idea what day-to-day life is in some schools.
Any thoughts? There's one poster in particular who I tend to listen to because she always has the data to back up her threads, but as I'm a first-time poster, I don't know if it's rude to name names. 