WELCOME to the latest episode of the Scottish Ferries Debacle. We’ve already had boats that are years late, the collapse of a shipyard and the discovery that lots of cables need to be re-installed because they weren’t measured properly.
LECTURER and author of Class Rules: The Truth About Scottish Schools, James McEnaney writes on the latest scandal to envelope the soon-to-be-scrapped SQA.
ANOTHER day, another controversy in Scottish education. I know – I was shocked too.
EVEN before the 2020 catastrophe there were plenty of people calling for a rethink of our approach to providing qualifications for school leavers....
AS readers may already be aware, I’ve been a bit critical of the Scottish Government’s handling of education over the last few years. Ok…maybe more than "a bit".
NOBODY wants to be in this situation, but Nicola Sturgeon did the right thing when she confirmed that schools would remain closed to most pupils until at least February.
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FIRST thing’s first: free school meals for all primary school children is a very good idea.
SCOTLAND’S poorest schools were four times more likely than private schools to have passing Higher grades changed to a fail by the moderation system behind this summer’s SQA results scandal, The Ferret can reveal.
SCOTLAND’S poorest schools were four times more likely than private schools to have passing Higher grades changed to a fail by the moderation system behind this summer’s SQA results scandal, The Ferret can reveal.
