What can we learn from COVID-19?

In this short piece, Dr Jo Neary of the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) reflects on how schools’ responses to COVID-19 both emphasised existing good practice and challenged schools to reflect on their social responsibility role within the community. In April 2020, over 180 countries implemented school closures in response to the communityContinue reading “What can we learn from COVID-19?”

International perspectives on re-opening schools

By Dr Jo Neary Introduction  By 18 March 2020, 107 countries implemented national school closures in response to the corona virus pandemic. Much of the knowledge regarding the utility of school closure in pandemics comes from previous modelling of influenza pandemics. A rapid review of evidence1  described two such pieces of evidence: the UK Department of Health’s commissionedContinue reading “International perspectives on re-opening schools”