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Where couplets meet calculations: combining maths and poetry in class
Alan Gillespie is an English teacher at a small high school in Ardnamurchan. He decided it was time to come out of his comfort zone and bring some maths into his classroom. This is from the Guardian…...
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Scottish teaching union warning on new school exams
THE roll-out of Scotland’s new curriculum in secondary schools is still beset with problems, teaching unions have warned. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said the timetable for new exams...
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Give headmasters more power to stop Scottish schools’ decline, says report
Headmasters should have more power, and schools should be allowed to be different, after decades of reforms that have failed disadvantaged children, according to a critical report on Scotland’s...
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Thousands of Scottish pupils do not read and write well
Thousands of middle-class pupils in Scotland do not read and write well despite ministers’ claims that there are no failing schools, according to the first national literacy survey. This is from the...
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New exam materials for Scots fourth year pupils published
More support materials for new qualifications being introduced in Scottish secondary schools have been published by Education Scotland. This is from the BBC… From June, fourth year pupils will study...
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New Scottish Curriculum for Excellence workload ‘too high’, EIS union survey...
More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new Curriculum for Excellence, a union has claimed. This is from the BBC… An...
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Whistleblower – Scotland’s new Curriculum for Excellence: what about the kids?
Yesterday Schools Improvement Net reported an article from the BBC which detailed concerns about the effect on teacher workload and morale of the new Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. We’ve...
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Mike Russell says Scotland’s schools must cut red tape
Councils and head teachers must stop attaching unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy to the Scottish Government’s education reforms, according to the Education Secretary. This is from the Scotsman…...
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Scotland ‘moving away’ from formal exams
As Michael Gove moves England’s schools towards a system of assessment that will be even more about the end of course exam, the BBC reports how things in Scotland are moving in the opposite direction…...
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Why Scotland doesn’t have a national curriculum
In the week details of the new national curriculum have been announced in England, the BBC has taken a look at how things are done differently in Scotland… If Westminster education secretary Michael...
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Additional funding to support new Scottish qualifications introduction
The Scottish government has announced an additional £1.4m for schools to support the introduction of new qualifications. This is from the BBC… It said the move would ensure that from 2014 pupils would...
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OECD called in to evaluate Scottish school reforms
Scottish ministers have called in an independent international body to evaluate the government’s controversial reforms for what is taught in schools in Scotland. This is from Herald Scotland… The move...
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Warning over schools getting roll-out cash
Extra money to support the roll-out of the new curriculum for schools must get to classrooms, the Scottish Government has been told. This is from Herald Scotland… The Educational Institute for...
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EIS union rejects changes to teachers’ working conditions
Members of Scotland’s largest teachers’ union have rejected proposed changes to their working conditions. This is from the BBC… EIS members voted against the changes by 59% to 41% in a consultative...
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Scottish schools allowed to delay new Higher exams
The BBC is reporting that the Scottish government has indicated it may allow schools to delay the introduction of revamped Higher exams… The first are due to take place in the spring of 2015. However,...
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Row over open book ‘copy and paste’ exercises in new Scottish exams
According to the Scottish Express, teachers in Scotland have vowed to rebel against the expansion of “open book” testing in a bid to make their pupils learn their subjects… The Scottish Government’s...
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Record levels of Scottish school leavers going into work, training or study
The BBC is reporting that the number of school leavers in Scotland going on to work, training or further study has reached a record level… Skills Development Scotland found 91.4% of school leavers...
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Scottish teachers voice concerns over National exams
Herald Scotland is reporting warnings from teachers’ leaders saying that secondary school pupils across Scotland are being failed by the country’s exam body just months before they sit new...
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Majority of Scottish teachers struggling to prepare for new flagship exams
The Telegraph is reporting claims that teachers are struggling to cope with the Scottish Government’s new flagship exams and urgently need extra materials to help pupils who are about to sit them for...
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Fury as chief of Scotland’s new exams quits just weeks before first pupils...
The Daily Record is reporting that the boss of Scotland’s new school exams has quit just weeks before his controversial tests begin… Roderic Gillespie is behind the Curriculum for Excellence system –...
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