We have a lot to learn about what older people can offer to teaching

I thought they were just mothers at the school gate. Friendly. Helpful with the children.

We have a lot to learn about what older people can offer to teaching

I thought they were just mothers at the school gate. Friendly. Helpful with the children. But meeting them now, at a school mothers’ reunion, they were different: They wanted to work again. They wanted meaningful work. They wanted flexible work. They wanted to teach. What could they teach?

Turned out I had a lot to learn. One of them had a degree in computer science and had been a manager in a major tech company. The other had a PhD in science. Just mothers. Mothers who could be the teachers for which our education system is gasping.

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