Friday
Somerville: No guarantees on use of extra non-contact time
Education secretary gets rough ride after failing to offer assurances that additional 90 minutes will be for preparation and planning
Four-day week campaign gets green light from teachers
Four-day working would make a ‘huge difference’ to teachers’ health and wellbeing, hears Scotland’s biggest teaching union
Strike ballot could see Scottish schools close after summer
Ballot by public sector workers’ union Unison will include thousands of school and nursery staff
Flanagan: focus on nursery teachers to close attainment gap
EIS general secretary also bemoans worsening of qualifications system, in his final address to an annual meeting
The remote learning plans making waves in the Western Isles
Teachers in the Western Isles have signalled they are prepared to strike over remote-learning plans – we chart the fallout
Thursday
First full EIS meeting in three years - and a lot has changed
The impact of Covid on Scottish education is clear at the annual general meeting of Scotland’s biggest teaching union
91¶¶Òõ’ 10 questions with... Melvyn Roffe
The George Watson’s School principal, who will soon be the new chair of the HMC, shares insight from his teaching career
Stress-related absence ‘taking over from Covid’ in schools
EIS AGM will also hear violence is rising because pupils are being ‘corralled into inappropriate learning environments’
Four UK schools shortlisted for $250k ‘best schools’ prize
50 schools from across the globe have been shortlisted for the World’s Best School Prizes
Wednesday
£1m school meals debt ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
Research revealing how much money parents owe for school meals sparks urgent plea for the extension of free school meals amid the cost-of-living crisis
How should we teach film and cinema in schools?
Film is still a youthful medium so there can be confusion about how best to approach teaching it in schools, says Jamie Chambers
Dundee teachers to strike over school faculty plans
EIS teaching union also threatens to stop holding its AGM in Dundee, in protest at removal of principal teacher posts
