Lessons from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of Covid-19

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
About the researcher
1 Schools during lockdown
	Early experiences of lockdown
	Scaling-up schooling
	Towards September
	Guided by science?
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
2 Parental engagement and the experience of learning at home
	Towards a new empathy?
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
3 Economics, education and inequalities
	Schooling as an economic, social and childcare necessity
	The persistence of educational inequalities
	‘Super heads’ or system change?
	The loneliness of modern poverty
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
4 Breadth, balance, the curriculum and its assessment
	The English national curriculum
	The myth of curriculum breadth
	The politics of curriculum reform
	The curriculum and its assessment: a message about what matters?
	Toughening up examinations
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
5 Making the grade: 
The class of 2020
	A brief history of recent qualifications reform
	The seeds of a grading crisis
	Teacher ‘predications’ or centre-assessed grades?
	Making a drama out of a crisis: the algorithm that struck the wrong note
	The politics of U-turning
	An avoidable mess?
	Proportionality and perspective
	Examinations and education: a time for reflection?
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
6 Catching up on ‘lost’ learning
	Narratives of lockdown
	A paucity of curriculum thinking?
	Plugging the gap: the National Tutoring Service
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
7 Pupil well-being and emotional recovery
	The sociability of teaching and the fear of parents
	The varied experiences of childhood trauma
	The primacy of well-being and relationships
	Inclusion first
	Attachment aware
	Ensuring staff well-being
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
8 Leadership and governance
	Teachers’ professional development and initial teacher education
	Headship during lockdown: the logistical challenge
	Governance during lockdown
	Leadership beyond lockdown
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
9 Inspection, research and system performance
	The inspection framework in English schools
	Inspection as a development opportunity
	The importance of educational research
	The impact of COVID-19 and the need for longitudinal research
	Inspection and research: a time for a meeting of minds?
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
10 Recasting the learning blend
: Technology and pedagogy
	The new digital learning age: a new horizon or the entrenchment of old divides?
	Andrew Adonis and the digital readiness of schools
	The laptops debacle
	Technology and teaching: towards a ‘blended’ approach
	Summary and key messages
	Recommendations
Next steps
	1. Putting well-being and inclusion first
	2. Closing the achievement gap
	3. Rethinking the curriculum, its purpose and its assessment
	4. Growing digital connectivity, digital literacy and digital pedagogy
	5. Building a new relationship between schools, families and communities
	6. Creating a teaching profession and schooling system prepared for tomorrow, and for a world as yet unknown
	Beyond Baker?
Appendix A Research methodology
Appendix B Research participants
Appendix C Recommendations
References
Index