Teaching at a distance
It has been a strange period in education for the last six weeks. As the COVID-19 pandemic has flared, schools have been closed to all children except those with key worker parents and vulnerable children.
Parents have had to rise to the challenge and teach from home, while schools try and keep pupils motivated and engaged from a distance.
This period has definitely shown the worth of educational technology, especially solutions that enable remote learning. On page 14, Amy Cook from The Key writes about the funded support the DfE is offering for digital education platforms to enable remote education.
This period of home schooling has also highlighted the fact that not all families have internet connected devices, which could cause the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers to widen. The government has acknowledged this problem, and has said it will fund tablets and laptops to those that need it.
Due to the pandemic, our Education Business Awards have been postponed until 3 November. This means the entry deadline has been extended until September. For information on the categories
and a reflection back to past winners, read the preview on page 33.
Angela Pisanu, editor
