Tuesday
‘Whole subjects’ disappearing from rural schools
Scottish Parliament hears that some subjects, including languages, are vulnerable as local authorities face extreme budget pressures
Scottish heads demand ‘more imaginative’ assessment
School Leaders Scotland brands the current exam-focused assessment system as a ‘colossal waste of learning time’, in its submission to the qualifications review
Monday
Teaching union announces more Scottish strike dates
Scottish teaching unions will take combined strike action over pay on the same two days in January
5 things teachers can do when they miss out on promotion
A teacher going for promotion is like a team trying to win the World Cup, you need luck, timing and – most of all – resilience, says Kirsten Colquhoun
Friday
Scottish Budget: ‘Little for education or teachers’
General secretary of the EIS, Scotland’s biggest teaching union, outlines her disappointment with a Budget where education did not feature prominently
Investigation: What’s behind Scotland’s ‘behaviour emergency’?
School leaders in Scotland say the pandemic has led to behaviour problems like never before – but views about how to respond differ, finds Emma Seith
