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Teaching unions ‘got it wrong’ over reopening schools and must now back down and stop their ‘war dance’, says ex-education secretary Alan Johnson Primary schools across England will begin their phased reopening from Monday Secondary schools will reopen to some pupils in year 10 and 12 from June 15 Alan Johnson said unions ‘got it … Read more
Back when I was an industrial correspondent in the Seventies and Eighties, we had a word for employees who refused to go to work. It was called a ‘strike’. The unions withdrew their labour and their members didn’t get paid. Most of the time, these strikes were over money, even though Britain was an economic … Read more
Doctors U-turn on support for teaching unions and say schools SHOULD reopen if they are safe – but doubts remain over June 1 date as scientists say track and trace must be in place first Chair of BMA’s Public Health Medicine Committee said there is ‘growing evidence that the risk to individual children from Covid-19 … Read more
The British Medical Association has said teachers’ unions are ‘absolutely right’ to say it is unsafe for schools to open on June 1 – as The Children’s Commissioner led a chorus of influential voices urging unions to co-operate with plans. The UK’s largest doctors’ union warned the number of coronavirus cases was still too high … Read more
Lord Blunkett blasts teaching unions for ‘working against the interests of children’ by blocking June reopening plan in blistering row with teachers’ leader Government aiming for the phased reopening of primary schools from June 1 But National Education Union has told members not to engage with Government Union chiefs cited safety fears and want guarantees … Read more
Ben Noble, 17, earns an income from teaching others to play Rocket League For many parents, the sight of their children playing hours of video games while school is out thanks to the coronavirus lockdown might drive them to despair. However, some children and adults alike are increasingly etching out a career from gaming. One of … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK BECOMING BULLETPROOF by Evy Poumpouras (Icon £14.99, 336 pp) She’s not a woman to mess with, Evy Poumpouras. A former U.S. Secret Service Agent blessed with spectacular looks, who has worked in the security details for four former presidents, she knows of what she speaks. She was on duty at the … Read more
Frazzled parents struggling to homeschool their children during the coronarvirus pandemic are to be offered support through a new national helpline. Named ‘StarLine’, the service will offer advice to families on how to educate their children at homes while schools are closed due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The service, launched by a coalition of … Read more
Durham University faces backlash over ‘radical’ plans to cut face-to-face teaching by up to 25 per cent in the new academic year amid the coronavirus crisis The proposals were revealed by the university’s student newspaper Palatinate Number of ‘live’ modules could be slashed with courses instead being put online But the University and College Union has … Read more
There are many drastic changes being made to our lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But what few people appreciate is that Britain has embarked on one of the greatest educational and social experiments in our history. In any normal year, schools would reconvene in two weeks’ time after the Easter holidays for … Read more