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Friday
Don’t reform SQA - replace it, says teaching union boss
EIS chief also says that Education Scotland’s inspection and school support roles should be split
GCSEs 2022: No fieldwork will ‘bake in’ lost learning
Plans to lift mandatory fieldwork requirements for another year are ‘out of kilter’ with educational recovery, says charity
Exclusive: 94% of GCSE grading teachers report problems
Like ‘climbing Mount Everest with a route drawn on a napkin’ – teachers’ difficulties grading GCSEs and A levels
GCSEs 2021: Most teachers lose at least a week grading
Eight in 10 teachers think the workload in grading GCSEs and A levels this year has been too much, a 91¶¶Òõ poll shows
Thursday
‘This is the same shambles as 2020 - just more sleekit’
First minister Nicola Sturgeon faces accusations that a second grading crisis is looming in Scotland
Is teacher judgement of grades really being trusted?
91¶¶Òõ Scotland reporter Emma Seith picks apart some of the recent spin about SQA assessment in 2021
Tuesday
Somerville: If a teacher gives you an A, you get an A
No one is coming to overrule a teacher’s judgement of a student’s grade, says education secretary
GCSEs 2021: Cut appeals with transparency, schools told
Exam board guidance tells schools to be open with students about the evidence used to determine GCSE and A-level grades
Sturgeon: Teen vaccines could prevent school disruption
Vaccination could be ‘important way of giving children greater protection’, says first minister
Monday
Ofsted: 9 barriers facing languages teaching
Low expectations and a lack of CPD are among the issues affecting the take-up of modern languages, says Ofsted
Keep Year 11s in school? They need to run free
Ofsted thinks GCSE students should remain in school – but Tabitha McIntosh says they desperately need a long summer
