Wednesday
NEU: Teacher anger must be ‘ramped up’ for strike ballot
Biggest teaching union plans to ‘agitate’ on teacher pay later this year
Do ‘learner-centred’ approaches undermine the importance of teachers?
The General Teaching Council for Scotland’s annual lecture looked at whether the modern focus on learners detracts from teachers’ pivotal role in education
How much has been spent reviewing Scottish education?
There has been a ‘plethora’ of reviews of Scottish education in recent years – but how much have they cost?
Covid inquiry: Schools shut despite ‘unclear evidence’
John Swinney gives evidence to Covid inquiry, which hears that alternatives to closing Scottish school buildings in March 2020 were not considered
Why the ECF reform is a big missed opportunity
The leader of a MAT that has had success delivering its own version of the Early Career Framework says the DfE should make it easier for others to adopt an approach that works for their context
Estyn: ‘Shadow of Covid’ continues to loom over Welsh schools
Attendance, implementation of the new curriculum, teacher recruitment and progress in literacy and numeracy all causing concern in Welsh chief inspector’s annual report
‘Invisible glass ceiling’ blocks teachers of colour
NFER research recommends four ways the government could encourage more diversity in teaching and school leadership
Tuesday
Call for mandatory autism training for teachers
Conservative MP introduces parliamentary bill, saying training for teachers would help the early diagnosis of autism
Adaptive teaching: why it goes wrong, and how to fix it
Adaptive teaching has the potential to widen access to the curriculum, but some common barriers are holding schools back in their practice, says Margaret Mulholland
Leaders ‘must retain’ right to strike over Ofsted ‘danger’
School leaders’ union warns unions will have no choice but to take industrial action if government fails to remedy ‘neglect and underinvestment’
Widening HE access ‘not squeezing people out’, says commissioner
Professor John McKendrick’s first annual report also says progress widening access to university in Scotland has ‘stalled’ despite a record number of students from deprived backgrounds securing places in 2021-22
Early career and trainee teachers to share updated framework
Combined framework will set out how teachers should be trained in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support, oracy and mental health
