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Gavin Williamson vowed to get schools fully open in September yesterday after a poll found most mothers are confident their children will be safe. The Education Secretary insisted the Government will ‘succeed’ in its pledge to return all pupils to classes thanks to the determination of parents. He said the return was ‘our national priority’ … Read more
Hilary Duff says she might let son Luca, 8, decide whether to return to the classroom or do distance learning during pandemic By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:04 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 22 July 2020 She took to Instagram in early June to celebrate her son Luca’s completion of second … Read more
Florida has set a record for new infections after reporting 15,300 coronavirus cases on Sunday – the highest single-day total for any state – as three Arizona teachers who shared the same classroom catch the virus before one died from the illness while some of the state’s morgues near capacity. Kimberley Chavez Lopez Byrd, 61, … Read more
Up to 20,000 pupils and teachers across England will receive coronavirus testing to monitor the spread of the disease as schools reopen, the Health Secretary has said. With approval from parents and guardians, children will be tested to see whether they have Covid-19 or have had an infection in the past under the surveillance programme. … Read more
Parents and teachers have expressed their nerves as more than two million pupils prepare to return to school today. Before classrooms begin to fill for the first time in more than two months, teachers have been sharing their support for one another as schools reopen with unprecendented social distancing measures in place to keep pupils … Read more
Cattle class! Primary school unveils classroom of the future with parents dropping off children into segregated PENS before they are taken to socially-distanced seats – with rule-breakers told three strikes and you’re sent home Classrooms have undergone a major change in the wake of the coronavirus Parents required to drop their children into pens at … Read more
Cattle class! Primary school unveils classroom of the future with parents dropping off children into segregated PENS before they are taken to socially-distanced seats – with rule-breakers told three strikes and you’re sent home Classrooms have undergone a major change in the wake of the coronavirus Parents required to drop their children into pens at … Read more
Britain’s head teachers’ union has backed plans for schools to reopen on June 1 following meetings with key government advisers. The Association of School and College Leaders claim teachers were no more at risk than any other profession heading back to work as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. The National Association of Head Teachers said it would … Read more
The startling inequalities in lockdown learning are laid bare today after it was revealed that an estimated 700,000 state school pupils are not being set any work by their teachers. Some schools have simply decided against online lessons because they say many children have only limited internet access. Astonishingly, one head teacher said teachers might … Read more
Teachers ‘are more likely to catch coronavirus in the staff room than the classroom’ says government science expert Professor Graham Medley said data showed teachers transmitted in staff room He said in lecture: ‘Teachers are very good at transmitting to each other’ Words come as unions seek to derail Boris Johnson’s plans to get schools … Read more