Teachers are warned DON’T travel abroad at the end of the summer holidays or face losing pay if they are put into quarantine during term time School staff are unable to work from home and could face taking unpaid leave The UK has removed Spain from its list of safe countries after second wave fears … Read more
GCSE and A-Level results will be decided by statistical modelling – NOT teacher’s predicted grades – in major government U-turn on exams Exam regulator Ofqual said statistical modelling will be used to calculate grades Model will factor previous grades of pupils and former students at same school Ofqual said teachers’ predicted grades submitted in March … Read more
Florida has set a record for new infections after reporting 15,300 coronavirus cases on Sunday – the highest single-day total for any state – as three Arizona teachers who shared the same classroom catch the virus before one died from the illness while some of the state’s morgues near capacity. Kimberley Chavez Lopez Byrd, 61, … Read more
Pupils could miss out on the exam results they deserve this summer as the system risks being ‘unfair’ for disadvantaged students, MPs have warned. The Commons Education Select Committee report said England’s exams regulator’s process for allowing students to appeal their grades if they believe discrimination has occurred is not accessible for all students. Education … Read more
Trainee teachers are more likely to see black children as being ‘more angry’ than white youngsters, regardless of their actual emotional state, a study has concluded. US researchers showed prospective teachers clips of young child actors performing different emotions — and asked them to identify the expressions that they saw. The participants were found to … Read more
Trainee teachers are more likely to see Black children as being ‘more angry’ than white youngsters, regardless of their actual emotional state, a study has concluded. US researchers showed prospective teachers clips of young child actors performing different emotions — and asked them to identify the expressions that they saw. The participants were found to … Read more
State school pupils will study just five or six GCSEs as teachers cram to make up for lost learning – while those in private sector will do nine or 10 State schools could cut number of GCSEs studied from nine or 10 down to five Harris Federation schools look to cut art, music, drama and … Read more
Teachers are urged to give up part of summer holiday to deal with ‘national emergency’ as Gavin Williamson ‘faces the chop’ after bungling reopening Former education secretaries say teachers should return early from summer holiday to prepare for new term Boris Johnson’s team are ‘livid’ with Education Secretary Gavin Williamson for bungling schools reopening Plans for … Read more
Exam results could be slashed amid forecasts suggesting teachers have marked pupils affected by the coronavirus pandemic too generously this year, while other pupils to be impacted by the virus will benefit from a £1billion support package. As some pupils face longer school days and new social distancing measures, data published by FFT Datalab suggests … Read more
The Prince of Wales has praised teachers and schools for ‘going above and beyond for their pupils’ during the coronavirus lockdown in a video message. Prince Charles, 71, also paid tribute to parents who have had to homeschool their children without laptops or access to the internet. Speaking from his Birkhall residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, … Read more