Lessons from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of COVID-19

Lessons from Lockdown explores the impact of COVID-19 on our schooling systems, on the young people and families that they serve and on all who work in – and with – our schools, and asks what the long-term ramifications of the pandemic might be for the pedagogy and purpose of formal education. Drawing on the voices of more than a hundred pupils, parents and professionals, it reveals how teachers and learners are adapting practice in areas such as curriculum modelling, parental engagement, assessment and evaluation and blended and online learning.

In this timely new book, Tony Breslin draws on his experience as a teacher, researcher, examiner, school governor and policy influencer to assess what the educational legacy of COVID-19 could be, and the potential that it offers for reframing how we ‘do’ schooling.

Whatever your place in this landscape, Lessons from Lockdown is a must-read for all concerned about the shape and purpose of schooling systems in mature economies – schooling systems and economies set on recovering from the kind of ‘system shock’ that the pandemic has delivered.

Dr Tony Breslin, a former chief examiner and local authority school improvement adviser, is a public policy analyst, educational commentator, curriculum development specialist and governance trainer. Director at Breslin Public Policy Limited and formerly chief executive at the Citizenship Foundation, he is chair of the governing board at Bushey Primary Education Federation and a trustee at Adoption UK.