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Charter reminds headteachers that they answer to local and national government, says George Gilchrist

The Scottish College for Educational Leadership was a source of innovation – its recent amalgamation with Education Scotland represents a missed opportunity, writes George Gilchrist

The Welsh experience is ‘familiar to those in Scotland’ because staff feel afraid to question reforms, writes George Gilchrist

Forced initiatives result only in surface-level compliance, rather than learning and change

A focus on improving our teachers’ professional development will have a positive knock-on effect for every learner in Scotland

Our profession in Scotland has a big problem – it is too compliant in just going along with diktats imposed by those who don’t really understand learning