Women 'put careers on hold' to home school during UK Covid-19 lockdown New research from UCL reveals impact of coronavirus pandemic on parenting, work and finances across four generations https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/30/women-put-careers-on-hold-to-home-school-during-uk-covid-19-lo...

Unions call for teachers in England to be able to wear face masks

Government says risk of Covid-19 transmission in schools is limited due to existing controls

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... face-masks

Anxious middle-classes look to private schools after coronavirus disruption

Exodus will create an even larger divide between affluent and disadvantaged pupils

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... disruption

'No plan B' for exams if schools disrupted in autumn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53432106

UK children could 'lose 3% of lifetime earnings' due to lockdown school closures Royal Society report warns without catch up younger children potentially face loss of £40,000 future income https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/24/uk-children-could-lose-3-of-lifetime-earnings-due-to-lockdown...

Teenage boys' academic ambition may explain gender pay gap, study says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... study-says

Words we think we know, but can't pronounce: the curse of the avid reader Do you know how to say apropos? What about awry? We want to know which words you’ve mispronounced – and how you found out your mistake https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/words-we-think-we-know-but-ca...

Best Beginnings
A proposal for a new early years guarantee to give all
children in England the best start in life

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.u ... nnings.pdf

Ministers urged to overhaul early years services in England

Children’s commissioner says whole pre-school sector needs reform as well as more funding

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... in-england

Half of exam-year UK pupils given no school work since March, finds study Students who missed out on six months of education due to Covid-19 lockdown will fall behind, fear report’s authors https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/14/half-of-exam-year-uk-pupils-given-no-school-work-since-march...

Gender gap in children's reading grew in UK lockdown – survey

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... own-survey

For years, we have failed those not going to university. We have to get it right this time A promised revolution in further education and apprenticeships is an admirable goal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/12/for-years-we-have-failed-those-going-to-university-we-have-to-get-it-ri...

MPs warn about bias in predicted results for pupils in England

Commons committee also concerned BAME pupils are at a disadvantage in appeals system

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... ls-england

Headteachers across England call for exams to be cut back next year Exclusive: thousands of heads urge ministers to act to avert mental health crisis among pupils who have lost months of learning https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/07/headteachers-across-england-call-for-exams-to-be-cut-b...

Our school systems are broken. Let's grab this chance to remake them
Peter Hyman

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... emake-them