Home-schooled children lacked ‘discipline and order’ during lockdown says Gavin Williamson

The Covid-generation of home-schooled children lack ‘discipline and order’ after being stuck at home during lockdown, says Gavin Williamson. The Education Secretary has backed a mobile phones ban in schools, saying it is ‘now time to put the screens away’ as the return to classrooms rendered remote learning – which relied on internet-accessible devises – redundant. He … Read more

Government lacked ‘a sense of strategy’ during Covid-19 response, think tank report finds 

Ministers did not take responsibility for decisions made during the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, a think tank has claimed.  A report by the Institute for Government said leaders ‘lacked a wider sense of strategy’ at times and relied too heavily on scientific advice. It concluded that the Government should have been prepared to act … Read more