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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...
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...
How to repair learning loss from school closures during COVID-19 pandemic: which interventions and programmes are effective?
As many countries are slowly reopening their schools, governments are considering ways in which to remediate the learning lost over the period of school closure. In the Netherlands, the Ministry of...
Communication with parents and other stakeholders
Communication in times of crisis is a key factor in managing rising challenges. In a webinar, McKinsey gave valuable insights into how to communicate, with whom, and what. International and national...
Models and decision criteria for reopening of schools
Now that countries are reopening schools there are various models being implemented across countries: Part-time for all grades supported by blended learning Only final years or transition grades...
Models for combining home education and school education
As schools in the Netherlands have reopened to teach students in smaller groups, they have to combine in-school teaching and home-schooling. The guidelines of the Ministry of Education and the...
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...
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...