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WHAT NEXT?

Planning for a post-pandemic world W H E T H E R S C R A P P I N G G C S E S O R C R E A T I N G A N O P T I O N T O R E P E A T S C H O O L Y E A R S , T H E P O S T - C O V I D E D U C A T I O N L A N D S C A P E R E Q U I R E S R A D I C A L T H I N K I N G

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ith unimaginable events dominating life for us all during the past 15 months, we’re probably harder

to surprise than we used to be. Like the White Queen in Alice through the Looking- Glass , we’re becoming experts in believing six impossible things before breakfast. Chancellor Rishi Sunak teaching maths to primary school classes via video link? Why on earth not? Children regressing in lockdown – forgetting how to use a knife and fork or going back into nappies? In normal times, it would be a national scandal. Now, it’s just one more dismal example of how damaging these long months of isolation have proved. We will eventually emerge into a world where, if not vanquished, Covid-19 will become a chronic, but manageable problem. When we do, the ability to embrace the unusual or radical when it comes to education appears to be a must-have national core competency. School leaders, government and policy groups are coming up with ideas, some radical in approach. Some are new, others have been popping up on left-field agendas

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