A recent report carried out by the University of Oxford has suggested that as well as the obvious stresses and strains on children and their teachers (and the whole education system), the effects are also felt by parents and carers. The BBC article reporting the study quoted that “nearly half (45%) of those with secondary-age…
Despite being the most advanced nation on earth the US has performed badly in the stakes of keeping schools open. Rather than have the decision about keeping open managed mainly by the central government this critical task has been devolved to the over 14,000 school districts. Proving that local politics was more important than anything…
It seems incredible that we are now into our second year of Covid. It has affected so many parts of our economy, and what we considered made up a” normal existence”. However one of the biggest tolls of the pandemic has been on children and their education. A recent Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta…
While Unicef and UNESCO have made many similar affirmations, it is unusual for a leader of a Western democracy to recognise and outwardly support an important objective such as this. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK, declared that it was his “fervent belief” that improving girls’ education in developing countries is the best way…
As the possibility and proximity of vaccinations draws nearer we should perhaps take a step back and reassess the priority list. In the second phase of roll-out the list of important groups must include teachers. As this article in the Telegraph points out, “Ministers have faced repeated calls from teacher unions, education chiefs and Tory…
On Monday 25th of January, Escudo Web Software participated in the “I Mesa de Empresa y Cooperación en Educación Digital”, a Business Roundtable about Cooperation in Digital Education. The event, organised by the Spanish Agency for International Development & Cooperation (AECID), aimed to promote public-private partnerships and joint initiatives in the partner countries of the…
The jury is still out – and some of the evidence missing – regarding the relative immunity to the Covid infection by children. This NYTimes article investigates the situation regarding the new, more infectious strain. Based on research done by Public Health England, using detailed contact-tracing, including thousands of children under 10 years of age,…
Inevitably as online learning becomes the norm so too do searches for online learning on search engines like Google. Searches for e-learning between November 2019–October 2020 vs a year earlier increased by over 58%. Analysts have poured over the details and according to EdTechnology have identified a number of different motivations for this, including: “parents…
A major problem for parents, who for the past ten months have been forced to get involved in the education of their children, is do they help them or not? According to TES parents are doing everything from “whispering answers to their children to blatantly shouting out answers or even submitting their own essays”. This…
As parents we are always concerned about whether our children will learn the necessary skills at school which will help them flourish in the job market. Sadly some companies prey on these fears and make some parents feel inadequate if they have not followed a certain path – and more likely – bought their product/education…