home schooling

While parents in lockdown might have gained a greater appreciation of what it takes to teach children at home, they haven’t been ‘home schooling’.

Parents across Victoria let out a collective sob when Andrews made his announcement that students in lockdown areas would return to remote learning. Here’s what parents are doing differently

A report in the New York Times by Claire Cain Miller says that nearly half of men say they do most of the home schooling. Only 3 percent of women agree.

We asked 1257 parents to share just what the juggle’s been like at home, and any tips and strategies that they’ve applied to help.

The announcement came from Premier Gladys Berejiklian today. “Initially, it will just be a day a week and then progressively two days.”

If American women received a minimum wage for the unpaid care work they do around the house, they would have made $1.5 trillion last year.

How do I know? Because in 2003, my own three children were out of formal schooling. What I did learn was that it’s ok to stop worrying.

We can’t replicate the school system overnight. We are in crisis mode. Let’s take the pressure off ourselves and think crisis learning.

Maybe we don’t have a cure for coronavirus, but perhaps the pandemic’s seen us stumble on a cure for intensive parenting, writes Kristine Ziwica. 

Here are 6 strategies to find an effective balance juggling work with with other domestic duties during these precarious times.