News archive for 21st November 2020

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Lord Sebastian Coe: If schools can reopen why can't clubs? - Mail Children should be taught to be 'proud' of the country's past, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Boris Johnson blasts Nicola Sturgeon for focusing on Scottish Independence during Covid crisis – as he slams SNP's abysmal record on public services - Mail Kate Green is wrong about the curriculum being joyless - Times Educational Supplement | TES Curriculum related expectations: the specificity problem - The Learning Spy Layoffs and bankrupt schools: headteachers in England warn of Covid consequences - Guardian Poorest children denied laptops as Covid keeps 600,000 off school - HuffPost Peter Wilby: Is Gavin Williamson the worst education secretary ever? - Guardian 'It is never about him': how Marcus Rashford became such a devastating activist - Guardian University staff voice concerns at being asked to test students for Covid - Guardian DfE launches hiring spree for Covid response - Schools Week DfE hiring spree for Covid response - FE Week The government mustn’t scrap ESOL qualifications - FE Week Former RSC on board of trust rapped in government probe - Schools Week Supporting support staff - UKEdChat The teaching of reading: Where to start? - Research Schools Network Time for long-overdue change and radical new directions for Transnational Education 4.0 - HEPI NEU survey of independent school staff finds support for measures to minimise Covid risk - National Education Union Podcast 98: Teaching, being a Muslim, fashion and television - Teacher Toolkit Staff and students need a welcome break - Wonkhe