Back to school for UK’s children but parents are not convinced
Reducing community transmission of Covid-19 might mean reimposing some lockdowns, and may mean shutting pubs so schools can stay open
24 August 2020 - 12:46
September is being cast as a fresh start for the Covid-19-battered UK. Children will return to school, their parents can resume disrupted work lives and Britain’s economy can begin to right itself. Is there anything a shiny new pencil case can’t fix?
“Even as adults, that feeling of going back to school after the summer often stays with us,” wrote education secretary Gavin Williamson in The Sunday Times newspaper. “This year it’s an opportunity to feel a sense of normality again.”..
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