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Emerging news of budget cuts underlines the fact that, without investment, various problems in Scottish education will only get worse, says Greg Dempster

The longer Scottish schools wait for change, the more students are disadvantaged by a qualifications and assessment system that is not fit for purpose, says Peter Bain

The authority is looking to save £27.8 million – but unions warn the move will negatively impact all children and lead to an increase in exclusions

Early evidence from Scottish council budgets suggests that few areas of education will be safe from cuts this year, finds Henry Hepburn

Over three years the ‘education service reform’ would mean teacher numbers being cut in primaries and secondaries and a reduction in promoted posts

Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is ‘scaremongering’

Ten minutes of registration at the start of the school day could be brought back by one council five years after it was scrapped, despite the general trend of local authority cuts

Stark inequalities in post-16 outcomes across the UK have been revealed by new research – with the problem ‘most acute’ in Wales

More staff and better training urgently needed to help pupils with additional support needs – even coffee shops set the bar higher for mandatory training, Additional Support for Learning Inquiry hears

The increase in violent behaviour in Scottish schools has also left some staff suffering PTSD, warns EIS union

Services such as social work, libraries and youth work will suffer if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to ring-fence £145.5m for school staff, say councils

Teachers need better guidance on dealing with violence in school, as well as confidence that incidents of concerning behaviour will be addressed properly, says Pam Duncan-Glancy