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Back down the time-tunnel: Forgetting the lessons of Covid

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As we emerge from the pandemic, are we at risk of hurtling back down the time-tunnel? Dr Carmel Kent asks what schools can do to ensure the lessons of the past 18 months are not lost...

"As long as you don't sit on a chair in our classes, you won't be able to study in our school."

It is the summer of 2021 and these were the words of a UK state school leader to a 14-year-old “school refuser”. Yes, it’s true that the school has been providing remote education to hundreds of students for the last 14 months. It is also the case that the school’s staff now know so much more about remote learning and about equity in education.

And yet, they still don’t see how they can support a student who is not able to put their proverbial bum on the classroom seat full-time.

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