News archive for 19th December 2020

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New Covid rules: Will schools open in Tier 4? - The Sun Schools 'won't be sued' if they don't carry out testing, says minister in leaked MPs' briefing - Schools Week Scotland: Covid action means delay to January return of schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs call for part-time grants and easing of ELQ funding rules - Times Higher Education | THE School staff 'broken' by England's late Covid test plan - BBC Teachers desperately search for answers over school Covid testing in January - Independent Report: A plan for an adult skills and lifelong learning revolution - Parliament John Nield: A good education shouldn't be a pie in the sky dream - Telegraph Last-minute testing plans could force headteachers to work on Christmas Day - Mail 'It's been hard, I'm not going to lie': new teachers' first term in a Covid pandemic - Guardian Everything that's wrong with Gavin Williamson's mass testing - HuffPost Mass Covid-19 testing of students returns just 13 positives after 44,000 tests - Scotsman Children in near-solitary confinement at secure training centre - BBC