When schools in England were closed during lockdowns, 4 out of 10 children didn’t receive the minimum teaching as set out in the government’s own benchmarks for remote learning time, according to a new report. The report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), published on Sept. 6, comes as pupils return to school in England after the summer break with pandemic restrictions now mostly lifted. The report examined data from March 2020 to March 2021. It found that during the second round of school closures, around 40 percent of children did not reach standards set out by the Department of Education (DfE). Those standards were three hours of remote education every day for 5- to 7-year-olds, four hours for 8- to 11-year-olds and at least five hours for 11- to 14-year-olds. According to the report, a quarter of parents believe it will take at least one school year to …