Teachers demand that all schools stay closed
4 years ago

Teachers demand that all schools stay closed

The Telegraph  

Teaching unions have demanded the closure of every school in the country after Gavin Williamson caved in to pressure to shut all primaries in London. The move raises the prospect that pupils in other areas could also be kept at home, as a leading union insisted that "what is right for London is right for the rest of the country". Dr Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said the Government had corrected "an obviously nonsensical position", adding that ministers must "do their duty" by closing all primary and secondary schools to contain the virus. The development comes after government scientific advisers warned that the spread of the new strain of coronavirus was unlikely to be halted if schools reopened, while an Imperial College study published on Friday said it may not be possible to "control transmission" if children go back to classes as planned. There were fresh warnings on Friday night that the closure of schools to all but vulnerable children and the children of key workers will prove disastrous for students' education, with new questions about whether exams will go ahead as planned later in the year.

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Majority of schools in England closed to some pupils amid teachers’ strike
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of schools in England closed to some pupils amid teachers’ strike

The Independent  

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Schools to bring back online lessons and Covid-style classes if teachers strike
2 years ago

Schools to bring back online lessons and Covid-style classes if teachers strike

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Schools are planning to bring back online lessons and Covid-style classes …

School reopening pressure mounts on governments
2 years, 11 months ago

School reopening pressure mounts on governments

India Today  

Covid-19 pandemic doesn't seem to end. The union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools for physical classes following all Covid-19 related protocols, sources said on Thursday. Parents demanding schools to reopen "As parents have been demanding the opening of schools, the union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools following all …

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’
3 years, 1 month ago

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said that …

Schools are best place for children but they must be safe, union leaders say
3 years, 1 month ago

Schools are best place for children but they must be safe, union leaders say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The best place for children …

Group of doctors, academicians calls for immediate resumption of in-person classes in schools
3 years, 4 months ago

Group of doctors, academicians calls for immediate resumption of in-person classes in schools

The Hindu  

A group of 56 academicians, doctors and other professionals have written an open letter to chief ministers and union territory administrators requesting them to urgently consider reopening schools and resuming in-person classes. In their letter which has also been marked to the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the National Disaster Management …

Teachers Union President Is 'All In' On Full Fall School Reopening
3 years, 8 months ago

Teachers Union President Is 'All In' On Full Fall School Reopening

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The president of the American Federation of Teachers said Thursday there should be a full return to in-person learning in the fall and her union is “all in” on bringing students back to the classroom. In an address on social media, Randi Weingarten said the wide availability of vaccines and a new infusion of federal education money …

School reopening: Biden says schools ‘should probably all be open’ in the fall
3 years, 8 months ago

School reopening: Biden says schools ‘should probably all be open’ in the fall

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Friday that K-12 schools “should probably all be open” in the fall for in-person learning after more than a year of most of the country’s kids facing the challenge of remote instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on “CNN Newsroom” there is “still some hesitancy” about the safety of …

Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden
3 years, 10 months ago

Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open during the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion surrounding Biden’s goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers’ unions at the expense of American families. Until the nation …

Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden
3 years, 10 months ago

Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how …

Reopening of schools emerges as complex flashpoint for Biden administration
3 years, 11 months ago

Reopening of schools emerges as complex flashpoint for Biden administration

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden’s team is promising new guidance on school reopenings next week. And the administration created fresh confusion this week over the direction its school guidance is headed when Walensky said during a briefing Wednesday that “safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely” – only to have White …

Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says
3 years, 11 months ago

Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says

LA Times  

Kindergarten teacher Bridget Vorland prepares her classroom at Alta Vista Elementary School, where students in grades K through 2 were able to return this week under a waiver. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19. “Vaccination of teachers is not a …

Dutch government will keep schools closed past Jan. 25: Report
4 years ago

Dutch government will keep schools closed past Jan. 25: Report

NL Times  

The leading advisors to the Dutch Cabinet on issues related to the coronavirus pandemic will tell Prime Minister Mark Rutte that the country's schools should remain closed for the time being. Sources close to the outgoing Cabinet ministers told the broadcaster that the government will accept the advice and will keep the schools and childcare locations closed. Rutte has called …

Boris Johnson forced to close schools a day after declaring them safe for pupils
4 years ago

Boris Johnson forced to close schools a day after declaring them safe for pupils

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And the answer is simply that we’ve been doing everything in our power to keep …

Education unions call for ‘pause’ in school reopenings as councils defy government
4 years ago

Education unions call for ‘pause’ in school reopenings as councils defy government

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "The government’s chaotic handling of the opening of schools has …

Williamson under growing pressure to keep all schools in England closed as union launches legal action
4 years ago

Williamson under growing pressure to keep all schools in England closed as union launches legal action

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fault, however, is of the government’s own making and …

Opinion: Teachers are more than Covid data points
4 years ago

Opinion: Teachers are more than Covid data points

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Alexandra Robbins is an education reporter and the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestseller “The Nurses.” She is currently at work on a book about K-12 teachers. In a statement emailed to New York City outlet THE CITY in response to questions in May about how the Department of Education had handled the situation, …

Reopening schools not compulsory on October 15: Home Ministry
4 years, 3 months ago

Reopening schools not compulsory on October 15: Home Ministry

India Today  

Schools are reopening from October 15 after the Union Home Ministry passed the orders, therefore, the Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday took to Twitter to thank the government. Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal on school reopening "Home Ministry has allowed states to open schools from October 15 in a graded manner. Schools will be reopening from …

Sort out testing... or else: Teaching union warns Government schools could be forced to close again
4 years, 3 months ago

Sort out testing... or else: Teaching union warns Government schools could be forced to close again

Daily Mail  

Schools could be forced to close unless the Government takes emergency measures, a teaching union warned yesterday. In a fresh threat, the National Education Union told Boris Johnson that he should not take support for wider reopening of schools 'for granted'. The union was accused of attempting to block children's gradual return to school before the summer holidays The NEU …

Teachers’ unions are leading the push for more school coronavirus protections
4 years, 4 months ago

Teachers’ unions are leading the push for more school coronavirus protections

CNN  

CNN — The federal government’s push to reopen schools while Covid-19 is still widespread is meeting tough resistance from powerful groups with deeply personal interests: teachers and their unions. That’s why more and more schools are opening remotely.” Unions push back in 3 largest school districts In New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the nation’s three largest school districts, the …

Govt chalks out plan to reopen schools from Sept: States confused, parents against idea
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt chalks out plan to reopen schools from Sept: States confused, parents against idea

India Today  

Six months after the coronavirus pandemic began, uncertainty on when schools will re-open looms large. And in the month of August, as India touches the 20 lakh benchmark from 15 lakh cases in a record 9 days, the central government is in discussions to chalk out a plan to reopen schools from the month of September. The states have submitted …

US teacher’s union backs strikes to ensure schools reopen safely
4 years, 5 months ago

US teacher’s union backs strikes to ensure schools reopen safely

Al Jazeera  

The union’s president blasted President Donald Trump for ordering schools to reopen as the virus continues to surge. One of the largest United States teachers’ union is authorising its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures in the middle of the global pandemic. In announcing the measure, the union’s president blasted President Donald Trump …

Dave Grohl gives searing takedown of Trump administration’s stance on reopening schools: ‘Teachers want to teach, not die’
4 years, 5 months ago

Dave Grohl gives searing takedown of Trump administration’s stance on reopening schools: ‘Teachers want to teach, not die’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Grohl, whose mother used to work as a teacher, …

Teachers worry about how we’ll keep them safe if their schools reopen in the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 6 months ago

Teachers worry about how we’ll keep them safe if their schools reopen in the coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

– After months out of the classroom, Sarah Gross, a high school English teacher in New Jersey, is eager for schools to reopen in the fall. “I think a lot of times people forget that kids don’t go to school by themselves,” Gross said. “I don’t want to bring anything home to her.” Jordan Grinnell, 33, a high school journalism …

Trump admin resumes school reopening push amid coronavirus surge
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump admin resumes school reopening push amid coronavirus surge

Al Jazeera  

The Trump administration has continued to press on for full school reopenings in the fall, with Education Secretary Betsy Devos insisting such action is necessary, despite record surges of coronavirus infections in the country. “Kids need to get back to school, they need to get back in the classroom,” DeVos told CNN, while acknowledging that local conditions should be taken …

Schools to scrap social distancing in September
4 years, 6 months ago

Schools to scrap social distancing in September

The Telegraph  

Elsewhere in the UK, ministers have already set out plans for how schools will return to normal. Earlier this week, the Scottish education secretary John Swinney said schools will reopen on August 11 with no physical distancing provided that the spread of coronavirus remains under control. Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said …

Tory MPs clash with teaching unions over schools reopening
4 years, 6 months ago

Tory MPs clash with teaching unions over schools reopening

Daily Mail  

Teaching unions were today accused by MPs of running a 'disgraceful political campaign' to keep classrooms closed by making parents fear they are 'deathtraps' when children can now go to Primark but not to school. And just a week after the NEU called for a 'can-do mentality' to get pupils back in class, Dr Bousted said that social distancing means …

Teaching unions accused of celebrating schools remaining closed
4 years, 7 months ago

Teaching unions accused of celebrating schools remaining closed

The Telegraph  

The Government has been criticised for scrapping the target for schools to return amid warnings that the risk to children from Covid-19 is low compared to the long-term damage of missing six months of education. But in an update to members, seen by The Telegraph, Jo Grady, the UCU general secretary, wrote: "We've seen other education unions succeed recently in …

Government abandons plans to reopen primary schools to all pupils in England before summer holidays
4 years, 7 months ago

Government abandons plans to reopen primary schools to all pupils in England before summer holidays

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gavin Williamson has abandoned government plans to reopen primary schools to …

Schools might reopen after August, says HRD Minister: Parents shocked, want it further delayed
4 years, 7 months ago

Schools might reopen after August, says HRD Minister: Parents shocked, want it further delayed

India Today  

HRD Minister Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal revealed in a recent interview that schools might reopen after August but even though the delay was a welcome move considering that the previous school reopening date was presumed to be in July, the news didn’t sit well with parents. HRD Minister says schools to reopen after August After weeks of confusion from students, teachers …

HRD Minister announces meeting of State Edu Secretaries to discuss safety issues of students
4 years, 7 months ago

HRD Minister announces meeting of State Edu Secretaries to discuss safety issues of students

India Today  

The education sector has taken several steps to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on school students. In a new effort, the Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said that a meeting will be held with all State Education Secretaries in attendance to address the problems in the education department of each state. The HRD minister made …

‘Not realistic’: Headteachers’ union says schools cannot fulfill government’s plan to reopen
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Not realistic’: Headteachers’ union says schools cannot fulfill government’s plan to reopen

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: UK schools closed indefinitely from Friday and exams cancelled, government says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: UK schools closed indefinitely from Friday and exams cancelled, government says

The Independent  

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More schools could be forced to close early as funding crisis worsens, union warns
5 years, 10 months ago

More schools could be forced to close early as funding crisis worsens, union warns

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