New: Gaelic campaigners have reiterated their call for a legal right to Gaelic-medium education (GME)

Teacher shortage is often cited as a barrier - but they say 'the ‘stick’ of an enforceable right could serve to focus minds'

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Hundreds of thousands ‘clawed back’ for unfilled ITE places - Emma Seith reports. tes.com/magazine/news/… Tes Scotland Tes

📺 Cyberbullying video to be screened in Scottish schools

Researchers from Glasgow Caledonian have created a new film to raise awareness of the impact of cyberbullying and online abuse on teenagers.

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The #rEDAberdeen programme has just dropped! Book tickets now for what will be an amazing day on May 11th!! researched.org.uk/event/research…

'The excitement of a new made-in-Wales curriculum, with all its promise of teacher empowerment and professional respect, is starting to drain away,' writes Gareth Evans

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The planned ‘fundamental review’ of inspection should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster tes.com/magazine/analy… Tes

New research into violence among girls is calling for prevention programmes to involve families after finding that mothers, in particular, “play a role in accepting and promoting violence”.

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Bold decisions and trust in teachers are essential if exams reform is to succeed, say Graham Hutton Peter Bain tes.com/magazine/analy… School Leaders Scotland

School inspection in Scotland is to undergo a review

Here, primary heads' body AHDS gets the ball rolling

It wants all grading to be scrapped and for councils' capacity to support schools to improve to be inspected - not individual schools

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The upcoming ‘fundamental review’ of inspection reported by Tes Scotland Emma Seith should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster AHDS tes.com/magazine/analy… Tes

A lot of excellent points raised by our colleague Greg Dempster at AHDS which we at School Leaders Scotland agree with, especially stopping the “scores on the doors”.

‘It is said the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers, and it’s essential Wales’ new education secretary invests heavily in listening, learning from and liberating those whose job it is to educate,’ writes Gareth Evans
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What's the future of school inspection in Scotland?

New long read from Emma Seith after an exclusive interview with interim chief inspector Janie McManus tes.com/magazine/analy… Tes #schoolinspection

Thoughts and prayers with modern studies teachers today

We revealed last week school inspection is to be reviewed in Scotland

Here AHDS 's Greg Dempster makes the case for inspecting local authorities and their capacity 'to know and support the improvement of their schools'- not individual schools
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An important article from Dr Angela Jaap & Dr Anna Robb in Tes Tes Scotland making the case for the expressive arts in Scottish primaries

Could Jenny Gilruth become Scotland's next FM?

Here's our assessment of her first year as education secretary ⬇️

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President of primary leaders body AHDS Bernadette Casey has done a lot of learning as an adult - but stand-up comedy workshops 'reawakened the idea that the fun element should always be present in learning and teaching'

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On my PGDE Artist Teacher @UWS made the argument for the expressive arts being made a core component of the health and well-being curriculum. I agree.

Nothing helps you process your feelings like Art, and the benefits on mental health are proven in numerous studies!