Face it: we're worried about wearing masks in the classroom
As face coverings become fixtures in secondary schools, parents, pupils and teachers share their concerns 24 February 2021 • 5:00am Secondary schoolchildren in England have been told they must wear face masks in the classroom Credit: izusek/E+ Last summer, the idea of schoolchildren having to wear face masks in their classrooms still seemed fairly far-fetched. “That’s clearly nonsensical,” said Boris Johnson on Aug 26, a week before the start of the autumn term, when asked about the issue. “You can’t teach with face coverings and you can’t expect people to learn with face coveri...