Post-Covid, flexi-schooling could give our children the rounded education they really need
The pandemic has given us a chance to question how best to educate our children - and the answer could lie beyond the traditional classroom
17 February 2021 • 11:30am
With flexi-schooling, parents are encouraged to take children to galleries and to nurture their interests
Credit: Charlotte Graham
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” This, from W.B Yeats, seems more pertinent than ever at a time when the pandemic highlights the stark inequalities of our education system, causing us to question whether the current model is fit for purpose. For some, the pail is empty; for many, the fires have long been extinguished. The implications of this are severe.