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Today marks exactly a decade since Nicola Sturgeon’s landmark speech on Scottish education – Emma Seith looks at the legacy of a career-defining promise by the former first minister

From modelling consistency to giving pupils the chance to practise good behaviours, these are effective research-backed strategies to improve your classroom management skills

Margaret Mulholland shares her recommended reads on equitable school leadership and how to further develop your inclusive practice

With many students starting their teacher education journey in Scotland, Colin McGill offers some words of advice and says it’s an exciting time to join the profession

The EIS teaching union’s consultative ballot on industrial action over workload will close before the end of August

The Scottish government has twice been unable to fill the posts of chief inspector of education and chief executive of Education Scotland – Tes Scotland uncovers the costs of this recruitment failure

‘That is on me,’ says former first minister in her memoirs – while also taking aim at the ‘many’ political opponents who wanted her ‘to fail’

When done well, CPD is the engine of school transformation, write Sam Gibbs and Tracy Goodyear, who share recommended reading to help lead in this area

Pupil absence because of illness is just as detrimental to academic achievement as unauthorised absence, according to new research

Dr Coulson is leaving his role as CEO of Unity Schools Partnership to be the new head of the department’s regions group, replacing John Edwards

This summer we’re rounding up some of our most popular recent features on different education topics. Here are our top five articles about the science of learning

The government’s schools White Paper will address the ‘generational challenge’ of the attainment gap between white, working-class children and their peers, says the education secretary