General
Thursday
4th Mar 2021
Teachers ‘need support to handle pupil lockdown trauma’
Teachers must be properly equipped to recognise where children have had traumatic experiences in lockdown, NSPCC says
Teachers have ‘excess’ Covid risk during lockdown
Difference between infection rates of education workers and the rest of the population has increased, new data suggests
Wednesday
3rd Mar 2021
Call for post-Covid rethink on school funding formula
‘More support needed’ for disadvantaged pupils to recover from Covid impact, say education researchers
Revealed: Academy chain’s £12m Covid bill
New accounts show the massive costs facing Oasis multi-academy trust on Covid security and remote learning
Budget 2021: ‘Missed opportunity’ to help schools
No extra funding for schools in today’s Budget despite government’s insistence that education is ‘a national priority’
Budget 2021: What it means for education
Tes looks at the impact today’s Budget will have on further education, from colleges to apprenticeship providers
Warning of pupil ‘fear of overload’ on school return
Students have an ‘absolute fear’ of catch-up – but they ‘can’t wait to get back’ to school, say union leaders
8 alternative ways to celebrate World Book Day
Forget dressing up for World Book Day on 4 March, argues this English teacher, and try some of these reading-focused ideas instead
Why we mustn’t trap pupils in a single story of loss
All the talk of catch-up assumes that there is only one lived experience of Covid among pupils, says Leora Cruddas
How to help children with SLCN readjust to school life
Pupils with speech, language and communication needs may find it difficult settling back into school, says Alexis Doyle
Finnish ex-minister to lead International Baccalaureate
New IB director-general is Finnish educationalist who wants to tackle the ‘global learning and teaching crisis’
Don’t presume learning lost to Covid, says John Hattie
While the pandemic will have created some gaps in knowledge, the author and academic warns teachers against making assumptions when it comes to student progress