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Tag: Education
Schools ‘must come before pubs and restaurants in future’
The right to an education should take priority over pubs, England’s children’s commissioner says.
Early-years workers quit ‘underpaid and undervalued’ jobs
You could earn more in Tesco, admits one pre-school leader as thousands leave the profession.
Seven reasons not to give up on poetry
Poetry will become an optional subject area in GCSE English literature exams next year.
Coronavirus: GCSE students allowed to drop poetry in 2021 exams
Other English and history topics will also become optional in England after disruption to lessons.
Testing and tracing ‘key to schools returning’, scientists say
The UK’s test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.
Scotland’s results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered
The exam body says it lowered 125,000 grades that had been estimated by teachers to “maintain credibility”.
Coronavirus: How pandemic pods and zutors are changing home-schooling
US parents are resorting to “pandemic pods” and garden classrooms – but will it deepen inequalities?
Coronavirus: Schools will be ready for September – minister
Reopening schools is a priority for the government and it will be safe, a cabinet minister says.
Coronavirus: Teachers’ union urges clarity on school reopening
More details are needed to prepare for pupils’ return amid a rise in virus cases, a leading union says.
Prison launches take-away meal deliveries
Brixton prison is taking orders for take-aways from its professional-standard training restaurant.
Coronavirus in Scotland: Charity’s plea to increase school uniform grant
Child Poverty Action Group says coronavirus has left many parents facing “extraordinary financial pressure.”