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The NEU teaching union is declaring seven days of strike action in February and March

NASUWT teaching union has said it remains in dispute with the government and ‘will be campaigning vigorously to ensure the repeal of all anti-trade union laws’

First minister adopts more conciliatory tone, but EIS general secretary raises possibility of strike action continuing into 2023-24

Board charged with delivering Scotland’s new education agency and independent inspectorate received less than a quarter of the funding it requested for 2022-23

Teachers showing ‘growing frustration at the lack of urgency’ over long-running pay dispute

But NEU teaching union joint leader Mary Bousted thinks strikes during summer exams are ‘unlikely’

‘Scotland’s teachers have simply had enough,’ says union boss after months of little movement in pay dispute

Watching his children go through the school system has changed MAT CEO Tom Campbell’s views on assessment, particularly GCSEs and A-Levels

Ballot administrator admits postal strikes could have caused problems with the NASUWT strike ballot, after Tes reveals that members did not receive papers

Teenagers’ increasing awareness of emotional literacy can be expressed through discussion of classic novels, says this Scotland-based teacher of English

There is a financial as well as an ethical imperative to integrate Northern Ireland’s schools, argues charity boss

Geoff Barton explains why the power of ChatGPT proves it’s time to rethink our education system and how it can free teachers up to spend more time on the sort of learning that makes us truly human