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

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,...

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

Policy-makers, Professionals, School leaders, Teachers

Catch-up programmes to repair learning loss in the Netherlands: overview of interventions and a literature review of their effectiveness As a result of the coronavirus outbreak, students were no longer able to attend school physically from mid-way through the school...

COVID-19 and considerations for reopening schools

Policy-makers

COVID-19 and considerations for reopening schools China, Denmark, Japan, and Norway have recently reopened their schools, while other countries, such as the Netherlands are planning to do so over the next couple of weeks. On April 23rd McKinsey organized a webinar...

Scenario planning for school systems in response to Covid-19

Policy-makers

Scenario planning for school systems in response to Covid-19 How should education systems and schools plan for teaching and learning in the current COVID-19 crisis? This question underpinned a webinar, organized by McKinsey on the 16th of April 2020. Prof. dr. Melanie...

Vulnerability and disadvantage in education due to COVID-19; a different perspective

Policy-makers

Vulnerability and disadvantage in education due to COVID-19; a different perspective Currently there is much discussion about a learning loss and widening of achievement gaps, but will there be an actual loss and what kind of gap? In the debate, we tend to talk about...

No final testing in primary schools this year: Will this provide us with long-term insights?

Policy-makers, Professionals, School boards, School leaders

No final testing in primary schools this year: Will this provide us with long-term insights? The much-discussed final test in primary education has been cancelled this year. Since 1968, these test results have served as an objective criterion for the intake of...

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

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

COVID-19 and considerations for reopening schools

Scenario planning for school systems in response to Covid-19

Vulnerability and disadvantage in education due to COVID-19; a different perspective

No final testing in primary schools this year: Will this provide us with long-term insights?

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