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Online university education: less motivation, less work, same results

Online university education: less motivation, less work, same results Recently, students in Amsterdam demonstrated to call for more face-to-face education. A student petition is circulating online, asking for a refund of their tuition fees because, it is claimed,...

COVID-19: do we need to redefine the priorities for school inspections?

Policy-makers, Professionals

COVID-19: do we need to redefine the priorities for school inspections? The disruption to schooling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic during the spring and summer in the northern hemisphere has necessitated changes in all aspects of school policy and practice,...

Homeschooling: What was it like for you?

Parents, Professionals

Homeschooling: What was it like for you? Due to Corona protection measures, schools were closed for several months this spring. Just before the Summer holidays schools re-opened for part of the time. Parents took over the role of teacher and provided homeschooling....

Catch-up programmes to repair learning loss in the Netherlands: interventions and literature review of effectiveness

Catch-up programmes, Professionals

Catch-up programmes to repair learning loss in the Netherlands: overview of interventions and a literature review of their effectiveness Following the outbreak of the coronavirus, school pupils were no longer able to attend school physically from around half-way...

Webinars on August 14 and August 21

Professionals, School leaders, Teachers

Webinars on August 14 and August 21 School closure to minimize the spread of COVID-19 is expected to result in learning loss and study delay. The ministry of Education (OC&W) therefore subsidizes programs aiming at minimizing or repairing these learning losses. By...

COVID-19: do we need to reimagine the purpose of school inspections?

Professionals

COVID-19: do we need to reimagine the purpose of school inspections? Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis that has presented significant challenges to education systems. These have included whole system shutdown of schools, the cancelling of national...