The Independent Schools Show on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021
Jun 17 2021- Schooling
- Last Updated on 17 June 2021
- Monica Costa
Children learned ‘little or nothing’ during school closures, despite online learning
Apr 09 2021- Schooling
- Last Updated on 08 April 2021
- Monica Costa
As a mother of a teenager in year 10, I am aware that the last year of schooling has been lost and I feel really anxious as next year my boy will have to face GCSE exams after literally missing out on vital learning. My fears have been confirmed by a new study by researchers at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
School closures in the last year have led to serious learning losses, with primary-age school pupils making virtually no progress studying at home, according to Learning losses were particularly pronounced in families with low levels of education.
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Schooling: Teachers from top UK Private Schools say period of online learning helped to close the ‘Achievement Gap’ for children who need more time to learn
Mar 24 2021- Schooling
- Last Updated on 24 March 2021
- Monica Costa
Today we meet the teachers who explain why they have switched jobs from traditional schools to join future-led online schools amidst the pandemic. Online independent senior school, Minerva’s Virtual Academy, has made several more, new appointments of teachers this term who have each chosen to move away from roles at traditional schools, in favour of teaching pupils remotely. The rising number of teachers embracing new learning technologies, suggests that the recent period of online learning is impacting the future of education on many different levels. As well as coming from several state schools across the country, a number of teachers have joined the Academy from top UK private schools including Wycombe Abbey in Buckinghamshire and Bethany Independent Boarding School in Kent, to name a few. For many teachers, the pandemic has also uncovered gaps in educational success for those children who simply need more time to learn.
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