blended learning ” plans. An education policy expert has warned that lockdown combined with part-time schooling will increase inequality between youngsters.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants pupils to return to normal schooling as soon as it is safe. Following the holidays, schools are expected to reopen on August 11 in a "blended learning" model, involving pupils attending classrooms as little as one day a week in some council areas.
Lindsay Paterson, professor of education policy at Edinburgh University, said this would exacerbate inequality. He told The Sunday Times: "We know from research that most of the inequality in children's progression at school happens during the summer holiday when they are not attending.