NYC schools closed from tomorrow as COVID rate rises

BREAKING NEWS: NYC public schools will CLOSE tomorrow as infection rate approaches 3% and Cuomo warns he will also shut down gyms and indoor dining if it keeps going up By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com Published: 18:59 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 19:29 GMT, 18 November 2020 Advertisement Public schools in New York City … Read more

One in seven of those who hold society’s most powerful positions went to top ten independent schools

Whether educating prime ministers or royalty, Eton has long had a reputation as a training ground for the powerful. And a new study quantifying the school’s impact on British society has confirmed its influence in all spheres of public life. Eton College, whose alumni include Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Prince William, is officially the … Read more

Schools are to blame for more than a thousand outbreaks of coronavirus since September

Children don’t spread the virus like teachers do A Public Health England analysis found 70 children out of 1.6million who had returned to school in June tested positive for Covid-19.  Another 128 members of staff tested positive. And only 30 outbreaks were confirmed at 23,400 reopened schools (0.01 per cent). The analysis, published on August … Read more

I’m a Celebrity hosts promise fans ‘amazing TV’ thanks to ‘different schools of thought going in’

There are a number of names going around about who is set to join the cast of the upcoming season of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!  And on Friday, hosts Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown promised viewers the best season yet, as they appeared on KIIS FM’s The Kyle and Jackie … Read more

Coronavirus: Dido Harding claims Test & Trace ‘didn’t predict’ demand surge when schools went back

Test and Trace boss Baroness Dido Harding claims it is ‘not my job’ to predict when the system will get overloaded and claims she didn’t foresee new school year crippling the struggling regime By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 14:12 GMT, 10 November 2020 England’s … Read more

Teaching unions ramp up strike threats over demands to SHUT schools

Teaching unions are ramping up strike threats over their demands for the Government to close schools during the second national coronavirus lockdown.  Boris Johnson has insisted schools will remain open during the shutdown, which will start on Thursday, but union bosses are adamant they should close, labelling them an ‘engine for virus transmission’.  They claim … Read more

NEU: ‘Secondary schools must have week-on, week-off after lockdown’

The UK’s biggest teacher union has demanded that secondary schools only open on a week-on, week-off system after lockdown.  Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) has said the new rotas should be used until the country has a ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system.  The union has already pleaded … Read more

Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown

Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown until UK has ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system National Education Union has already pleaded for schools to close in lockdown  Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham agrees that schools should shut  However, PHE says children are most … Read more

Government scientific adviser warns keeping secondary schools open means lockdown could be LONGER

University College London’s Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of SAGE, said keeping secondary schools open could mean extending the national lockdown beyond a month Keeping secondary schools open during Britain’s second lockdown could keep the country cooped up at home for longer than 28 days, another government scientific adviser warned today.  Studies so far suggest … Read more

Covid lockdown: Michael Gove and teaching union clash on schools

The battle for our children’s futures: More than 100,000 people sign teaching union petition to CLOSE schools – but Michael Gove says they will stay open the government is willing to EXTEND lockdown for the cause National Education Union is gaining support over views on closing schools  Petition to ‘put schools in lockdown’ has gathered … Read more