The crisis enveloping schools, and the noisy resentment it has sparked, reflect just about every aspect of England’s Covid-19 story. In London, boroughs that rejected the demand that their primary schools open on 4 January forced yet another government U-turn. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, teachers’ unions have responded to plans to open schools this month with the same scepticism and opposition seen in England. Vaccinations for people who work in schools and a functioning testing system for staff and pupils are now matters of huge urgency. Could the idea of blended learning, whereby pupils go to school part-time in smaller classes, finally achieve more prominence?

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2021 15:32 UTC