News archive for 24th August 2020

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Will pupils have to wear face masks? - Mail Coronavirus: Fears for botched school reopenings after a summer of Tory fiascos - Mirror Headteachers launch stinging criticism of education secretary - Guardian Head teachers signal they will not fine parents whose children don't return to school - Telegraph Royal Statistical Society hits back at Ofqual in exams algorithm row - Guardian Shambolic school reopening would be lethal for Gavin Williamson's career - Mirror Boost for Johnson in efforts to get English schools open again - Financial Times Schools reopening: Fury at 'absurd' threat to fine parents £1000 for keeping kids away - Express Heads want to know if masks allowed in school - BBC The Guardian view on schools reopening: a question of trust - Guardian Teachers hit back at claims coronavirus is spread by school staff - Guardian College and HE review to consider 'nature of provision' - Times Educational Supplement | TES England and Scotland at odds over face masks in schools - HuffPost Demand for home-schooling surges due to coronavirus as parents look to keep kids at home - The Sun Scottish secondary school pupils set to wear face masks in corridors - Guardian Schools in Northern Ireland will reopen today - Mail Huge Covid outbreak shuts Dundee school as 17 staff test positive - Mail Coronavirus: Gavin Williamson promises all schools will get Covid home tests before they reopen - Mail UKRI opens postgraduate funding up to international students - Times Higher Education | THE IB curriculum changes delayed due to Covid-19 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Maintained nursery schools to benefit from £23m in funding - Nursery World The best way to keep schools open? Stop coronavirus entering them in the first place | Devi Sridhar - Guardian Extension of supplementary funding for Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) through to summer 2021 - National Education Union Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice Gavin Williamson slaps down Sturgeon’s demand for masks in schools as Scots set to wear them in corridors - The Sun Teachers not feeling prepared to return to their school or college - NASUWT EPI Annual Report - National Education Union Children’s commissioner for England warns hundreds of children lived in hotels during lockdown - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government allocates £9 million to Nuffield Early Language Intervention as part of the National Tutoring Programme - Nuffield Foundation Report reveals young people felt less anxious and more connected to school in lockdown - UKEdChat We must face up to inequality and unfairness in our exams system - SecEd Fines a ‘last resort’ for parents who don’t put their children back in school next week, says education minister - PoliticsHome Boris Johnson apologises to pupils for 'distress' caused by exam results fiasco - PoliticsHome Gavin Williamson insists shutting schools in local lockdowns would be a ‘last resort’ - PoliticsHome Thousands of ELT students will need to re-apply for visas - PIE News UKRI funding for international postgraduate students from 2021 - PIE News Are schools Covid-19 safe? Scientists' advice explained as Boris Johnson demands return - Mirror How to solve next summer’s exam problems before they arise - Schools Week Nicola Sturgeon sets out school face masks plans - Mail Jenny Harries: Pupils more likely to be hit by bus than catch Covid - Mail Coronavirus: 22 teachers and pupils test positive at reopened Scottish school - Independent Teachers 'more likely to get Covid on coffee break' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Screen-based online learning will change kids' brains. Are we ready for that? | Maryanne Wolf - Guardian Will parents be fined if their child can't go to school due to 14-day quarantine? - Express Coronavirus: First year groups return to school in Northern Ireland - Independent Coronavirus: Scotland considers mandatory face masks in high schools as 22 teachers and pupils test positive in outbreak - Independent Face coverings for Scottish high schools - BBC School reopening: is it safe to go back to school? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staff safety questions remain as PM urges parents to send children back to school - Schools Week Schools in England will have to provide remote learning if closed again - Guardian Parents face fines as 'last resort' if they don't send children back to school - Mirror Headmaster defends decision to insist children wear face visors in classrooms - Mirror Scottish secondary pupils to wear face coverings in school corridors but not classrooms - Telegraph Scotland: Face coverings set to be mandatory in school corridors and communal areas - Scotsman Covid-19: Pupils 12 and over 'should wear masks' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Downing Street rules out face masks in schools despite them being introduced in Scotland - Mirror Results day 2020 was like the sinking of the Titanic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils' mental health more important than academic work when schools reopen, say charities - Evening Standard Gavin Williamson mocked after being nominated for ‘MP of the year’ despite exams & schools shambles - The Sun Fury as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is nominated for MP of the Year - Mail Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children - Nursery World Why are parents still scared to send their children back to school? Ask Boris Johnson | Simon Jenkins - Guardian Tories accused of being 'asleep at the wheel' on schools returning - Mirror Why Ofqual must remain – despite the results chaos - Times Educational Supplement | TES Face coverings set to be enforced in Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson: 'Vitally important' schools return next week - City AM PHE school Covid outbreaks analysis: 8 things we learned - Schools Week ‘Employ more teachers’ to keep schools open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fining parents is 'a last resort', says Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual grades gagging clause defence dubbed ‘desperate’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents in England could be fined if they keep children off school - Guardian Seventeen teachers at Dundee school contract Covid-19 - Guardian Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds - Guardian Labour shamed over 'obstacles' stopping schools reopening 'this is not political!' - Express Coronavirus outbreak at reopened school as 22 teachers and pupils test positive - Mirror 30 school Covid outbreaks: Be ‘vigilant’, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam board Pearson appoints ex-Disney executive as CEO - Guardian Covid-19: £9m to help Reception pupils' language skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson urges parents to send children back to school - HuffPost Face masks 'not necessary' for children and staff when schools reopen, says minister - HuffPost Children's anxiety levels actually improved during lockdown - Metro Coronavirus: Overseas students fear losing university places - BBC Coronavirus: Car crash on way to school is greater risk than Covid in classroom, says medical chief - Independent Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says it is 'vitally important' children return to class - BBC Covid-19 at High Blantyre Primary School: staff member and two pupils test positive for coronavirus - Scotsman GCSE reforms were needed – and are on track to achieve their aims - Policy Exchange Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school as 'last resort', says minister - Independent Do we need face masks in schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium - DfE Early years support package to help close Covid language gap - DfE Boris takes charge again for the crunch back-to-school battle - Express The start of term is not just a problem for universities - Wonkhe Is the sector really back in the government’s good books? - Wonkhe Education experts urge caution as pupils return to classroom - Financial Times We should be talking about a comprehensive university system - HEPI ‘Back to school’ - meaningful and manageable assessment - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF A-levels are the tip of the iceberg — biased algorithms are running our lives - City AM Boris Johnson issues ‘vitally important’ information over pupils returning to school - Express Pupil anxiety improved while out of school in lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid than children says leading scientist - Mail For-profit takeover of Regent’s University London raises concerns - Times Higher Education | THE Boris Johnson warns parents that children’s ‘life chances’ are under threat if they don’t go back to school - The Sun Teachers warned not to break coronavirus rules outside classroom after PHE report finds they spread virus more than kids - The Sun Prime Minister warns if children are not back at school next week it risks permanent damage - Mail Academics have the right to make wrong arguments - Times Higher Education | THE Boris Johnson moves to seize control of schools agenda after exams chaos - Guardian Just 0.01% of schools affected by coronavirus outbreaks after reopening and no children needed hospital treatment - The Sun Coronavirus: Teachers spread virus more than their pupils - Times Vegans call for end to school milk - Times Prejudice against the middle classes is absurd | Clare Foges - Times Scotland: Conservatives weigh up free tutoring service for struggling pupils - Times