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‘Tell me a story from your head!’ – working with parents to design an app to help spark ideas
Sara Kalantari. Parents and children have been telling each other stories from time immemorial. In the extraordinary days we are living through, storytelling could take on increased importance, as families spend more time at home together seeking ways to make…
It looked as though our regulators were finally willing to trust teachers – but Ofqual’s latest guidance suggests otherwise
Mary Richardson. Over recent decades England has seen the gradual erosion of trust in teachers and in teaching as a profession. This suspicion and casual condemnation happens across many public spheres and is most prominent during August each year…
Education and Covid-19: why we need inspections when schools are shut down
Melanie Ehren. Ofsted’s decision to suspend all routine inspection from 17 March quickly became irrelevant, as schools closed and staff scrambled to organise distance learning and to support parents in homeschooling their children. Now that the lockdown looks set to…
There is a chance to create a better world but it will require collective effort, reflection and remembrance of lessons from this crisis
Farid Panjwani. There are no natural disasters, only natural phenomena. We call some of them disasters because of their human consequences. Coronavirus is no exception. As a phenomenon it threatens us all in the same biological ways. But, as a…
In memory of Professor Harvey Goldstein (1939-2020): living by the evidence
Gemma Moss. Harvey Goldstein, who has died of Covid-19 at the age of 80, has left a formidable legacy from his work, both as a statistician and as a campaigner for more careful scrutiny of assessment data in education –…
‘What put the goodness into your heart?’ the testimony of Bergen-Belsen survivors and how acts of compassion inspire us to face modern adversity
Ruth-Anne Lenga. We find ourselves in extraordinarily troubling times. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all of us. Perhaps, now more than ever, it is important to remember defining moments of our collective history, in the hope we might be inspired…
Education in quarantine: what can we learn from early childhood educators in China?
Jie Gao and Clare Brooks. While we are marching towards the third week of lockdown in the UK, Chinese early childhood practitioners are busy preparing for the re-opening of kindergartens after more than two months of quarantine. We asked…
Education and Covid-19: how can we manage change when yesterday is no longer a predictor of tomorrow?
Will Brehm. Human life around the world has radically changed in a matter of weeks because of the novel coronavirus, known scientifically as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Some see the possibility of new futures in the making. The…
Covid-19 and education: Why have we waited until now to improve the accuracy of predicted grades?
Gill Wyness. For students expecting to take their A-Levels and BTECs this summer, the impact of COVID-19 will be profound. Instead of taking the formal examinations that they were preparing for, Ofqual confirmed today that school leavers will be provided…
Mind the gap: will home learning reinforce inequality and what can we do about it?
Clare Brooks, Eleanor Kitto and Carole Scott. In the first of two blog posts on home learning and young children in these extraordinary times, we highlighted how clear and practical research evidence can help schools and parents find principles to guide…
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