Layla: We need reassurance and clarity before schools can re-open

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Layla: We need reassurance and clarity before schools can re-open

By The Voice | Sun 17th May 2020 - 12:55 pm

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Lib Dem Education spokesperson Layla Moran was on LBC this morning talking about getting children back to school.

Listen here:

Growing inequality for school children during lockdown highlights the need to get children back to learning, but parents and teachers face a lack of reassurance and we all still need clarity on the science. See what I had to say on LBC this morning 👇 pic.twitter.com/jxEVgv3Pdq

— Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ (@LaylaMoran) May 17, 2020

Earlier on Sky News, she reiterated the importance of transparency in the Government’s communications:

"I was a teacher before an MP. I would tell my students “show me your working”. The same applies to the Government. I continue to call on them to release all scientific analysis of their plans in full. " – @LaylaMoran on @SkyNews this morning. pic.twitter.com/cmjxlu9PpC

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) May 17, 2020

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3 Comments

Dan 17th May '20 - 8:43pm

My wife and I have come to the conclusion that out child’s life and health is a higher priority than Boris desperate attempts to hide his incompetence behind the lives of others. So we will probably keep him off school until July
Paul R 17th May '20 - 11:29pm

There is no scientific evidence that it is “safe” for children to return to school, therefore the issue of “growing inequality” for children is a distant secondary issue.
Roland 18th May '20 - 4:54pm

>and we all still need clarity on the science.
Clarity is that we don’t know and are still conducting scientific investigations and experiments. One of which is the phased opening of schools, beyond what is currently open. Yes, some schools have been open running classes for a small number of children from certain risk groups.

I think one of the problems is that in overcoming CoViD19 we have to somehow communicate to the public that there is a scientific approach to gaining knowledge and understanding, we advance that knowledge by conducting experiments. So the real question is not so much what is the science but is the return to school experiment based on sound scientific thinking and understanding of what we know to date and what level of risk are we prepared to take with exploring the unknowns.

Action research and learning is fun, just it can be a little scary…