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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....
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 “vulnerable...
How to keep students motivated to engage in online learning in a time of crisis
The corona crisis means hard times for healthcare workers and people in other essential services. It is also a hard time for all of us in education. Teachers are busy trying to maintain the...
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 students in secondary...
School inspections when schools are closed…
Ofsted’s initial response to the Coronavirus was one of ‘business as usual’, leading to an outrage, particularly from principals who received a phone call for an unannounced visit the next day....
Corona: didn’t go to school, did learn a lot
In this blog, Anders Schinkel reflects on the lessons we can learn from this Corona crisis. How can we make sure that even though schools are closed, we still learn a lot from what is happening now?...
Now the schools are closed: homeschooling for us all?
A few years ago, in the project Thuis in School (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), when we conducted research with parents and schools on parental engagement in the education process, there was no way...
Remote testing: discussing options, advantages and disadvantages
Now that the final test in primary education and the central exams in secondary education have been cancelled, we are missing important information about the learning process of pupils and what they...
Parents as personalized teachers
How effective is home-schooling? In this blog, Professor Meeter summarizes the research on distance learning, homework, tutors and one-on-one education with an adult and in online environments to...