Wednesday
Key policy of rooting music tuition in education at risk, warns union
Council urged to abandon plans to put its instrumental music service in an arm’s-length body, amid fears the plans could have Scotland-wide ramifications
Revealed: The most popular education policies for voters
Analysis shows strong support for hiring more teachers and increasing apprenticeships but a negative response to dropping single-word Ofsted judgements
Why has Education Scotland stopped sharing inspection overviews?
Reporting on the performance of Scottish education was ‘once standard operational practice for the education inspectorate’ – but the last report was published in 2020
A new government must see the value of school governors
Ahead of the general election, the National Governance Association’s co-chief executive explains why these volunteers have to receive better support
Pupil mental health: what works in schools - and what doesn’t
Schools are under huge pressure to support young people with mental health challenges, but some of the techniques available could be ineffective – or make things worse, argues Dr Lucy Foulkes
Tuesday
Glasgow teachers to take industrial action over job cuts
EIS members in Glasgow vote heavily in favour of taking in favour of action that could result in strikes
Conservatives’ education policies: all you need to know
The Conservative Party pledges to make guidance on banning mobile phones statutory and to protect ‘day-to-day’ per pupil spending on schools
Why kindness is fundamental to success in our classrooms
A focus on kindness should be a ‘basic working principle’ in schools, says teacher Kimberley Roan McVeigh
How we restructured our multi-academy trust
As MATs grow, central structures can become fragmented. Two strategy leads describe how they redesigned their organisation to better coordinate across regions
Monday
Real-terms cuts to schools in Wales laid bare by new data
Education bodies and unions collectively call for all political parties to commit to a plan to invest the funding needed to eradicate all school cuts
Liberal Democrats’ education policies: all you need to know
Lib Dems pledge to make teacher pay fully funded and independent, and to cut the amount schools pay towards education, health and care plans
Scottish curricular reform is happening from the ground up
The author of the landmark 2022 Muir report on education reform in Scotland says that, with the right conditions in place, Scottish headteachers are ready to drive reform
