For many, the Gradgrindism of modern bureaucratised schooling has now reached the limits of unacceptability, yet the Department for Education and Ofsted will doubtless be the very last to get the message. Indeed, a coming battle could well be one of protecting home schoolers from the dead hand of Ofsted’s accountability and surveillance empire, which is likely to be determined to intrude before too long. … [Read more...] about Important life lessons from home schooling
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The teacher who decided to ‘unschool’ her own children
She did well at school in spite of it. “I got one of the best sets of GCSE results in the country because I was good at passing tests,” she says. Her teachers wanted her to apply to Oxford or Cambridge but she chose Birmingham because she thought it would be more fun, dropped out of an English degree and then went back to complete her degree near home at the University of Exeter. She did her PGCE at the Institute of Education in London. … [Read more...] about The teacher who decided to ‘unschool’ her own children
‘Shut pubs, not schools’: Children’s Commissioner demands classrooms stay open with increased testing even if it means other sectors must be locked down after summer holidays
‘Regular testing must be also in place for teachers and pupils to reassure parents. If the choice has to be made in a local area about whether to keep pubs or schools open, then schools must always take priority.’ … [Read more...] about ‘Shut pubs, not schools’: Children’s Commissioner demands classrooms stay open with increased testing even if it means other sectors must be locked down after summer holidays
Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns
Part of the issue, as the Harvard epidemiologist William Hanage explained last month, is that many countries closed schools early in the pandemic, leaving little opportunity to study if and how the virus spread among children, and studies that had been made of children and transmission were sometimes problematic. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns
Children younger than five can spread coronavirus just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus in their noses – but only develop mild illness, study finds
The team, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, says the ability of younger children to spread COVID-19 has likely been under-recognized because most schools and daycares closed by late March due to the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Children younger than five can spread coronavirus just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus in their noses – but only develop mild illness, study finds
