News archive for 28th February 2021

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Top UK universities 'use secret waiting lists' due to Covid uncertainty - Guardian Character dispositions. Teach them. Model them. Develop them. Celebrate them. But, please, don’t measure them - Headguruteacher Cardiff's post-Covid vision for the city's schools - Wales Online How all of Wales' private schools compare on fees and results - Wales Online Why later EYFS start ages around the world offers hope - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must redouble efforts to recoup lost childhoods - Express Covid-19: Free rapid testing for pupils' families in England - BBC Free Covid tests for families of school and college students - HuffPost Does remote learning kill the art of feedback? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Militant teachers hatching last-minute strike plot to disrupt re-opening of schools - The Sun EYFS: Why writing in capitals isn't a big problem - Times Educational Supplement | TES England’s ‘catch-up’ tutors are being short-changed by private employers - Guardian Research into FE staff wellbeing is now more important than ever - FE Week What should school leaders prioritise for reopening? - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Observer view on basing pupils' results on teacher assessment | Observer editorial - Guardian From the archive: how to make your kids learn faster, 1970 - Guardian Podcast 106: Student leadership and professional learning - Teacher Toolkit Schools teach and care. We ought to value both - Schools Week Oak Academy mulls use of quiz results to contribute to learning loss research - Schools Week The number of coronavirus cases in Welsh schools in the last week - Wales Online Private pupils shunned by Oxbridge are being driven overseas - Times - New 32million tests being posted to families with school-age children - The Sun 32m Covid tests by post to reopen schools - Times - New If schools are safe, scrap the testing and start the teaching - Times - New