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The row over school openings rumbles on. The Mail cites '‘evidence from 22 countries on the continent" at an EU briefing which suggests that reopening schools has not been harmful to children and teachers. Millions of pupils in Germany, France, Denmark and Norway are now back at their desks; even hard-hit Belgium has told primary and secondary schools to restart smaller final-year classes: The decision to reopen schools in 22 EU states, including France where 1.4 million pupils went back to their classrooms, has not caused an increase in coronavirus cases across Europe.The revelation piles pressure on unions resisting plans to send younger children back from June 1st.The National Education Union yesterday even claimed it was not safe for teachers to mark workbooks. The Mail quotes Alan Smithers, Professor of Education at the University of Buckingham: ‘The unions have been asking for evidence, and this is it. So they should start cooperating fully with the Government so that our schools can open again as soon as possible." Back in the UK Labour-run Bury Council yesterday became the latest local authority to reject the Government's timetable for sending children back to class, joining Hartlepool, Liverpool and Stockport. You can watch Julia Hartley-Brewer arguing with a Bury Councillor on her Talk Radio show this morning here. The Mail's online edition adds remarks ...
