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Scottish councils could offer to protect the time children spend in class in exchange for relaxing the rules on teacher numbers – but is the government interested in compromise?

Unions blame ‘delay and prevarication’ of councils and government – and say the new settlement date of 1 August will not be met

New research also finds 41 per cent of upper secondary students can’t take the courses they want in school, usually because of teacher availability

But where will it come from? From VAT on private school fees to calls for independence – here’s what the main political parties had to say

Fears have been raised that councils are increasingly mothballing rural schools – with campaigners saying the move is ‘closure by stealth’

Teaching AI literacy in schools is ‘so important’ – but the first step is understanding how students are already using artificial intelligence, says research lead