A Remote Chance of Learning

Fab article, very well written and absolutely bang on point!

Teaching it Real

Over the last couple of days Lord Andrew Adonis, Labour peer in the House of Lords and former Schools Minister under Tony Blair, has been raising eyebrows with a series of tweets on how he believes schools should be setting work during the lockdown. Yesterday he announced he was talking to former head of Ofsted, Mike Wiltshaw, about the need for schools to provide a “full online education during the lockdown”.

Good conversation today with Sir Michael Wilshaw, an outstanding former headteacher and head of Ofsted, on the importance of schools providing a full online education during the lockdown & seeking to make up for lost progress afterwards

We both share parents’ concerns about this

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) May 2, 2020

Unfortunately, Lord Adonis seems a little unwilling to answer questions about what exactly he means by a “full online education” but we can see from his previous tweets…

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