From Thursday it becomes illegal for any school to let isolating children sit at home without work to do. It’s not clear who will police this – perhaps the mythical new Welsh border force? Or the people tasked with raiding
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Most Denver-area schools sticking with in-person learning despite rising COVID cases
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Colorado, but so far that isn’t changing the way many school districts in the metro area are conducting classes. One exception: Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest district, which has announced that
This School Year Has Been Unlike Any Other
This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which focuses on ways that remote learning will shape the future. A fall semester unlike any ever known is underway in America. The coronavirus is lurking around every corner like
Youth jail plans therapy rather than steel doors
“Once you’re caught in the grip of the system you are doomed,” says the founder of a radically different approach to jailing young offenders. Steve Chalke aims to stop a revolving door of criminality that at present sees 69% of
Coronavirus: ‘Home-schooling has been hell’
Having to home-school during the Covid-19 pandemic is taking a toll on both parents and children, campaigners warn. The group, Sept for Schools, says it has heard from parents reduced to tears as they balance work with educating. The group
Will next summer’s exams be cancelled?
Even after a summer of U-turns, it seems unlikely that next year’s exams in England will be completely cancelled. Not least because of the chaos and protests that followed attempts to produce estimated grades this year – and all the
English universities must consider partial fee refunds, says regulator
Universities in England must consider refunding some tuition fees, their regulator has said as it emerged that lawyers are challenging the legal basis of a two-week lockdown of 1,700 students in Manchester. Amid mounting concerns over the plight of students
Hundreds of Manchester students locked down after 127 Covid cases
Hundreds of students in Manchester were told to self-isolate on Friday after 127 of them tested positive for coronavirus. Residents at the Birley campus and Cambridge Halls at Manchester Metropolitan University have been told to stay in their rooms for
Locals fear university return will spark lockdown
Full-time residents of England’s university towns and cities fear a rise in coronavirus cases as students return, suggests a survey for the University and College Union. The union has previously urged universities to scrap face-to-face teaching until Christmas. Its general
Doreen Kenyon obituary
My mother-in-law, Doreen Kenyon, who has died aged 98, was a teacher at the same primary school near Liverpool for 24 years until her retirement. Initially a housewife, she had moved into teaching after the early death of her husband,