In Brazil 35 million children have been left without school for more than ten months. In the local politics of denial of the pandemic the government has tried to pander to certain sectors of the voting public, and, according to a NYTimes article, decided to “slowly reopen the institutions that were most important to us:…
Another article that should help support the idea of keeping schools open. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the Wall Street Journal, the spread of Covid-19 seems to be limited when schools ensure that mask wearing and other basic safety precautions (ventilation and screening testing where needed)…
Digital transformation was, until 12 months ago, a buzzword that IT consultancies bandied about in a bid to sell high value projects and drag sectors kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. But all this has changed. According to McKinsey in the pandemic, “consumers have moved dramatically toward online channels, and companies and industries have…
Yet another fallout from the pandemic – associated with a lack of physical activity for children – is weight gain. The situation has also been exacerbated by redundancies and reduced household income leading to changes in diet. This NYTimes article quotes Dr. Sandy Hassink, a pediatrician with the American Academy of Pediatrics at the Institute…
One of the major victims of the pandemic has been children. While as a part of society there have not been suffering many deaths the effects have been slightly different. An accentuation of child abuse cases and neglect have been the toll reaped on them as schools have been closed and children confined to sometimes…
In the last twelve months schools have been closed across the world for 46% of this period. Over half of them – over 800 million – are still facing huge disruptions to their learning: in 31 countries schools are still closed and in 48 other countries the setor has only received 0.78% of Covid relief…
A common theme in our recent posts – reflective of articles in the main press – is that of mental health issues caused by the pandemic. A particularly vulnerable group are the young, who have had less experience of life, it’s challenges and how to address these. The youth charity, The Prince’s Trust recently published…
A recent study by financial institution Lowell, published by Education Technology, has concluded that 60% of teenagers in the UK are struggling with increased anxiety over their school work. In the study 73% of those interviewed confirmed that the current coronavirus crisis had increased their daily worries regarding the state of their education and social…
The new life of a teacher coping with hybrid form of teaching is spent juggling between managing a group in a classroom and minimising forms of contagion whilst ensuring that remote learners are given as many dedicated learning opportunities as possible. This balancing act tends to lead to 13 hour days and leaves many teachers…
School closures are yet another ongoing victim of the pandemic. However, despite the political rhetoric it appears that the facts do not hold up the arguments for keeping them closed. According to a recent article in the Telegraph, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Prof Russell Vinerwas was reported as…