The UK has just taken the unusual step, previously imposed in France and more recently China, to ban mobile phones from school. The move, reported by the BBC, was announced as schools in the UK reopened for the summer term. The claimed grounds for this move was based principally on, as argued by the Secretary…
One inescapable fact that happens inside and outside of school is bullying. While the past twelve months have possibly hidden the prevalence and damage that it does to young people a UNESCO report published before the end of 2020 reminds us of some of the facts about this appalling practice. The report revealed that “more…
A very novel approach to education used in the US at the four Briya Public Charter Schools is that of “dual-generation” education, where children are enrolled as well as offering their parents a range of programs (English as a Second Language, parent coaching or workforce development classes). As this article from the NYTimes explains “children’s…
The role of the school head has grown in visibility and also responsibility during the pandemic. They have had to co-ordinate measures to ensure that learning continued during lockdown and while schools were closed as well as ensuring that schools were safe when they reopened. These responsibilities were also on top of the academic results…
Home schooling was, in many countries, seen as a very short-term solution to the Pandemic. Sadly, this is now a medium and possibly long-term situation if we move to a fourth wave. But while the privileged have had to put up with increased bills for therapy, and in some cases taking the option to change…
While the teaching profession is not a high payer there are many other aspects of the job that have attracted passionate gifted professionals who have been able to transmit their own learning and ability to teach and inspire others. This is now changing as the Pandemic has hit this function more than any, other than…
While Hybrid Learning is set to become – and has been in some countries – the new normal a recent leading educationalist, Professor Lindsay Paterson, of at the University of Edinburgh as reported in the Times, has suggested that “plans for a third of pupils to attend school at any one time mean teachers will…
As governments and schools reflect in order to decide on how to plan the catch up on lost learning over the last 12 months there are new voices and opinions being added to the mix. Any attempt to address this gap needs to be realistic and not over ambitious, otherwise the plan will fail. In…
Aunque la teoría del aprendizaje a distancia es que debería ser igual para todos, lo cierto es que, según informa McKinsey, dependiendo de si se trata de un profesor de una escuela financiada por el Estado o de una privada, los resultados son muy diferentes. Por un lado, “los profesores que trabajan en las escuelas…
According to UNESCO nearly two-thirds of the academic year has been lost worldwide due to school closures caused by the pandemic. In spite of the logic and pragmatism in some countries in their approach to catching-up the lost learning – as reported in these posts – other countries are taking a more controversial route. The…