Category: Education
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Analysis: What is PEF money actually being spent on? | HeraldScotland
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17502170.analysis-what-is-pef-money-actually-being-spent-on/
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Teacher pay: ‘The government finally does the right thing’ | Tes Scotland
https://www.tes.com/news/teacher-pay-government-finally-does-right-thing
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Scottish Parliament TV | Education and Skills Committee : February 06, 2019
https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/education-and-skills-committee-february-6-2019
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Could we stop and think instead of rushing in? | TES Scotland
https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/could-we-stop-and-think-instead-rushing
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The Need for Play Based Early Education | Bella Caledonia
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/09/13/the-need-for-play-based-early-education/
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Podcast: What is school for? With Doaa Shabbir, Keri McGachy and James McEnaney | CommonSpace
https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/12990/podcast-what-school-doaa-shabbir-keri-mcgachy-and-james-mcenaney
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The SSLN can still create material gain for teachers | TESS
This is the full text of a recent article for the Times Education Supplement Scotland. The original is available here (£): https://www.tes.com/news/ssln-can-still-create-material-gain-teachers This year, for the first time since 2012, the Scottish government is not publishing the results of a Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN). The original plan was…
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FOI victory reveals the full extent of Teach First’s Scottish lobbying | Blog
Last week, in an exclusive story with Severin Carrell and published by The Guardian, I revealed that Prince Charles has finally admitted to lobbying the Scottish government, and in particular former First Minister Alex Salmond, in an attempt to help Teach First expand their operations into Scotland’s education system. These…
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Teach First, Ask Questions Later – full report & emails | Blog
The Herald is today [Sat 28 October] running two exclusive stories about Teach First, the fast-track teaching organisation expected to bid for a Scottish Government tender to deliver a ‘new route into teaching’. The first of these articles – on the front page – concerns a highly critical report by…
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Tartan Teach First? A look inside the Scottish Government’s plans | Blog
Last week the Scottish Government finally released the tender documents for its ‘new route into teaching’. Ever since plans to tender for what looks like a fast track teaching programme were announced, questions have been asked about whether this will allow Teach First to realise its long-held ambitions of expanding…
James McEnaney 