Masks, sanitation requirements, social distancing and scheduling changes are all part of the coronavirus-induced new normal that Colorado schools are preparing for when students return this fall. While there are still many details to be solidified about the coming 2020-2021 school year, districts have begun […] My father, Peter Naylor, who has died aged 87 from complications arising from dementia, was well known throughout physics further education circles in south-west England during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Born in Leigh, then part of Lancashire, Peter was the son of Ernest, an […] Many schoolchildren will need urgent support from psychologists when the lockdown eases because their lives and education will have been so badly disrupted by school closures, experts have warned. With state schools not expected to open fully until September at the earliest, educational psychologists advising […] No wonder teaching unions have “reacted cautiously” to government plans for a year-long national tutoring programme (Government to fund private tutors for English schools, 17 June). It’s clearly yet another example of this government being so out of touch that it has to apply window-dressing […] The majority of British universities are planning to offer in-person teaching and face-to-face social opportunities this autumn, according to research. More than nine in 10 (97%) institutions have said they will provide some in-person teaching to students at the start of term this year, according […] Free internet access is being offered for six months to help some disadvantaged youngsters study online. The scheme will provide 10,000 families in England with vouchers for internet access, funded by BT and distributed by the Department for Education. Most primary and secondary pupils are […] Police officers will be phased out of working in Denver’s public schools over the next year, with all school resource officers gone from middle and high schools by June 2021. The Denver school board voted unanimously Thursday to end Denver Public Schools’ contract with the […] An adventure holiday firm is facing a furious backlash and the threat of a boycott for failing to refund thousands of cancelled school trips. Teachers, parents and those representing education providers have lined up in recent days to condemn PGL, which has provided a host […] All schools in Wales will begin to reopen on 29 June with teachers given priority access to Covid-19 antibody tests, the country’s education minister has announced. Kirsty Williams said on Wednesday a phased approach will be used to allow for staggered starts, lessons and breaks, […] The Covid-19 crisis has transformed all our lives in ways we could barely have imagined just a few weeks ago. In so many areas, we will be desperate to go back to “normal life” as soon as safely possible. But in others, however, what we […]
Colorado schools reopening for 2020-21 academic year during coronavirus
Peter Naylor obituary
School closures ‘will trigger UK child mental health crisis’
Private tutors plan is not the best solution
Most UK universities planning in-person teaching from autumn, poll finds
Free internet to help poorer pupils study online
DPS board votes to phase police out of schools – The Denver Post
Schools angered by holiday firm’s failure to refund cancelled trips
Wales to reopen all schools at one-third capacity at end of month
The vision for a national Open School is a good one. The BBC is ready to make it happen
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