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It is important to empower pupils to explore history through personal narratives, while also enhancing their critical thinking, empathy and communication skills, says Nuzhat Uthmani

Cuts being proposed by councils are tarnishing the credibility of a new deal to restore teacher numbers to 2023 levels, writes Emma Seith

Three-and-a-half years since ministers promised to cut teachers’ weekly class-contact time by 90 minutes, Scottish teaching unions have set a tight deadline for progress

Online learning platform Scholar is celebrating 25 years – Emma Seith speaks to its director about the possibilities that AI is opening up and why she would like the platform to be free for all

Calls continue for an independent review into the drop in the Higher history pass rate after survey of teachers is ‘overwhelmingly critical’ of SQA’s internal investigation

Proposed assessment and qualifications reform such as the Scottish Diploma of Achievement sounds a lot like the International Baccalaureate, finds Emma Seith

The extra £29m for ASN should be spent on staff, says education secretary, who also stressed importance of funding to close attainment gap continuing beyond 2026 election

Building a school community from scratch provides a distinct insight into educational leadership, says headteacher Gail Preston

The Royal Society of Edinburgh publishes a wish list of changes for Scotland’s schools system, saying an ‘optimal’ model of education could be achieved by 2050

The union is calling on the UK government to repay the tax ‘as a matter of urgency’ following an impasse lasting ‘many months’

Too many teachers new to the profession – most of them women – face ‘real difficulty’ finding work in Scotland’s schools, says country’s biggest teaching union

Former schools minister Nick Gibb has been knighted and ex-union leader Geoff Barton appointed CBE in New Year Honours list