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An extract from the new edition of ‘The State of Independence’ looks at why, despite numerous global upheavals in the past few years, the desire for international school expansion remains undiminished

With a national teacher pay strike in Scotland now certain to go ahead, here are 17 things EIS members need to know

After an ‘insulting’ teacher pay offer this afternoon, the first national pay strike since the 1980s will go ahead on Thursday

The teacher shortage is forcing schools to use measures that could ‘drag’ down pupil outcomes, experts warn

The teacher recruitment challenges that schools face – and the effects that these can have on quality of education – have been laid bare by new NFER research

Scotland’s biggest teachers’ union has set out the timeline it is working to, including the last moment the government could table a fresh pay offer

The gender pay gap for secondary school leaders has jumped by 37 per cent in a year, new analysis shows

Education secretary tells Scottish secondary school leaders ‘even at this late stage’ she hopes ‘an acceptable resolution’ can be found

Union to issue ‘consultative ballot’ on industrial action vote as ‘schools have faced a decade of real-terms cuts’ and teacher pay deal that is both ‘inadequate’ and ‘unaffordable’

Union says talks today led to no improvement on the previous teacher pay offer of 5 per cent

Your weekly round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ must-read news and analysis from the past week, including reaction to the increase in school funding, calls to scrap Oak National Academy, and the causes of teacher stress

DfE agency chief says work is ongoing to identify trusts paying salaries ‘we really do need to be concerned about’