Monday
Exclusive: Education reform boards ‘starved of resource’
Board charged with delivering Scotland’s new education agency and independent inspectorate received less than a quarter of the funding it requested for 2022-23
New wave of teacher pay strikes begins in Scotland
Teachers showing ‘growing frustration at the lack of urgency’ over long-running pay dispute
Friday
Teaching union announces 22 more days of strike action in Scotland
‘Scotland’s teachers have simply had enough,’ says union boss after months of little movement in pay dispute
How literature boosts my male students’ emotional literacy
Teenagers’ increasing awareness of emotional literacy can be expressed through discussion of classic novels, says this Scotland-based teacher of English
Thursday
More teacher strike action will go ahead next week, union says
No new teacher pay offer made by Scottish government and local authorities at meeting held late on Thursday afternoon
Warning of job cuts due to ‘fragile’ council finances
In response to a report revealing the dire financial situation for Scottish local authorities, one council leader predicts job losses in education
Sturgeon ‘gobsmacked’ by university access claims
Scottish Labour says students from ‘ordinary families and an average school’ are being locked out of university courses
Does this show how to prevent teachers from quitting?
Teacher retention is a big issue in Scotland, and this teacher lays out why she felt she had to leave the profession she loves
Tuesday
Scottish free school meals pledge to remain undelivered by August 2024
Universal free school meals were supposed to be in place in primary by August 2022 – but the pledge won’t even be fully realised two years after that
Scottish teacher pay strikes: deal still ‘some distance’ away
Teaching unions say they were left with no alternative but to go out on strike this week, but there are ‘some grounds for optimism’
