Tuesday
What Gregory’s Girl gets right (and wrong) about school
New episode of podcast series on cinema’s most memorable depictions of teachers looks back at a Scottish classic
Why every school leaver should have experience of Gaelic
Scottish secondary schools ‘rarely’ offer Gaelic as a modern language – that must change, says Bòrd na Gà idhlig director
Friday
What does cinema get right and wrong about teaching?
New summer podcast series looks at memorable movie depictions of schools and their teachers – starting with Hogwarts
SQA staff to consider strike action over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Union says strike action could hit students’ exam appeals process, while SQA states that results are on track for 9 August
‘Are schools really as important as we think they are?’
The tendency to ask schools to address all of society’s ills is unfair on teachers, suggests a Scottish policy forum – and Henry Hepburn agrees
Wednesday
Teacher pay: threat of strikes across the UK
‘A perfect storm’ of simultaneous strike action across the four UK nations is brewing over teacher pay, warns Scottish teaching union
ASN pupils must no longer be seen as ‘costly afterthought’
Education reform in Scotland is a chance to rethink schooling now that a third of children have additional needs, says Angela Morgan
