This sequel to Breslin’s critically acclaimed Lessons from Lockdown explores how school leaders, teachers, parents and pupils have navigated their way through and from lockdown. This is the story of ‘doing’ schooling against the topsy-turvy backdrop of a pandemic that has caused us all to reflect not just on the purpose and substance of education but also the world that schools might, in the future, need to prepare children and young people for. Drawing on the voices of more than a hundred pupils, parents and professionals, it captures the range of experiences as teachers and students grappled with new ways of working, policy chaos and the complexity of schooling and teaching in such a landscape. Bubble Schools is a must-read for all concerned about the shape that our public education systems take as we begin to move forward from a system-shock that has revealed both the strengths and the weaknesses of education policy, system design and long-established classroom practice.

Pandemic Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic provides critical insights into the impact of the pandemic on the education system, pedagogical approaches, and educational inequalities. Education is often touted as the best way to promote social mobility and produce informed members of society. The pandemic has significantly threatened those goals by temporarily disrupting education and exacerbating disparities in the education system. The scholarship in this volume takes a closer look at many of the issues at the heart of the educational process including teacher self-efficacy, the gendered and racialized impacts of the pandemic on education, school closures, and institutional responses. Drawing on the expertise of scholars from around the world, the work presented here represents a remarkable diversity and quality of impassioned scholarship on the impact of COVID-19 and is a timely and critical advance in knowledge related to the pandemic.

Experts on learning for democracy come together to explore why and how the gap in civic competence should be bridged.

#1 SELLER IN IT'S CHILDREN'S CATEGORY. THE PERFECT 2020 STORY ABOUT KIDS ADAPTING. Free downloadable activities come with purchase. The Bubble School is a hilarious adventure that'll keep you laughing with heart-felt lessons throughout. Come enter this new world of Bubble School with Theo and his friends. Bubble suits, safety bots, laser squares, and locked-up toys. Theo is back to school, but second grade is not what he expected. New rules are everywhere but he just wants to have fun. Your family will be immersed in these fun characters, bizarre world, and authentic feelings. No matter what challenges we're faced with, kids know how to adapt and have fun! An optimistic, timely book perfect for 2020.

Schools during lockdown -- Parental engagement and the experience of learning at home -- Economics, education and inequalities -- Breadth, balance, the curriculum and its assessment -- Making the grade : the class of 2020 -- Catching up on 'lost' learning -- Pupil wellbeing and emotional recovery -- Leadership and governance -- Inspection, research and system performance -- Recasting the learning blend : technology and pedagogy -- Next steps.

Telling the stories of low-income families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and hardships were amplified during the pandemic in the UK and offers key policy recommendations for change.

COVID-19 and the Classroom presents social science research exploring how schools navigated the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 through the 2020-21 school year. This book also serves as a history book, documenting what this period was like for those involved in the enterprise of educating children.