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Spent a few hours in a school today, saw some teachers doing amazing things. Beware the keyboard warriors who say Scottish education has gone to the dogs - there are problems aplenty, but also many, many teachers doing a fantastic job.
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What a quote from this teenager: “The school shouldn’t expect golden behaviour but, like you’re a wean, you're changing from a wean to an adult, hunners of things going on + your life's changing all the time so you're gonna be a wee dick sometimes.” From new
@CYCJScotland
report.
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This is Erin Bleakley, 17, who organised the protest against the SQA in Glasgow today.
#SQAresults
#SQA
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We're in a world where the first national teacher pay strike since the mid-1980s has just started, yet it's not even a remotely a priority in First Minister's Questions today.
#FMQs
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BREAKING: Former teacher
@JennyGilruth
is Scotland’s new education secretary
@TesScotland
@tes
#reshuffle
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Probably the most powerful piece I've ever commissioned for
@TesScotland
- and one of the best written.
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'League tables obscure the work of our amazing school'
Just published - an important and eye-opening read from
@HTCraigroyston
@TesScotland
@tes
#schoolleaguetables
#leaguetables
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'School inspections in Scotland suspended next year'
@EducationScot
@Emma_Seith
@TesScotland
@tes
#schoolinspections
#CoronavirusScotland
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Absolutely loved doing this - we asked former schools of
@ScotlandNT
players if they wanted to send a good luck message for
#Euro2020
.
Here's what came back:
@TesScotland
@tes
#NoScotlandNoParty
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What a cracking story and welcome bit of good news: 'The teacher 3D-printing visors for NHS staff'
@Stephen_THC
@Emma_Seith
@TesScotland
@tes
#CoronavirusScotland
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Brilliant work by
@Emma_Seith
, with expert assistance from
@joshua_j_m
, to turn around a video report from today's
@EISUnion
strike action outside the Scottish Parliament.
@TesScotland
@tes
#EISStrike
#teacherstrike
#teacherpay
Watch it here:
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Hearing that lots of schools will keep allowing pupils to wear PE kit to school, rather than having them change into PE kit at school - saving up to 20 minutes per lesson.
What other Covid-driven changes would you like to see schools stick with permanently?
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A new qualification in England is to be called the "Advanced British Standard". It's becoming tiresome when even the prime minister is conflating Britain and England, and is seemingly oblivious to Scotland having an entirely distinct education system.
Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans for a new 'Advanced British Standard' which will be designed to bring together A levels and T levels in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester today
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Now primary schools are being told “here’s a list of you all, from best to worst”. And that’s not paraphrasing how it’s been reported at times - see Exhibit A below. Utterly ridiculous. Just heard from a teacher at a great school who - no doubt like many others - is deeply upset.
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Friendly tip for all media outlets showing an interest in Scottish education today - there is a wide range of diverse and eloquent people working in Scottish education who could provide you with comment for your stories.
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Wrote this before
@StAlbertsG41
was subjected to a horrendous stream of racism on Twitter, but it could just as easily have been written in response to that. Solidarity to all the staff and pupils. We all need to take a stand at moments like this.
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I thought it was important to publish this piece tonight, which was sent to me by a teacher a short while ago. It doubtless sums up the feelings of many teachers across Scotland tonight.
@TesScotland
@tes
#SQAresultsday
#SQAresults
#SQA
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That's it official - the Scottish Parliament has just voted to ban smacking, by 84 votes to 29. The first UK nation to do so, and there's applause in the chamber as the result is announced. A true landmark moment.
#smackingban
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Essential reading, just published: an S5 student on exams, the SQA and TikTok.
@TesScotland
@tes
#SQA
#SQAexams
#SQAassessment
#TikTok
#socialmedia
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This
@TesScotland
graphic shows in stark terms how pupils' education has been disrupted in the four years since Covid arrived in Scotland.
@tes
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The Scottish Parliament has been recalled today, for the fifth time in its history.
@Emma_Seith
and I will share all the crucial info from 2pm, when there are sure to be important updates for schools.
@TesScotland
#CoronavirusScotland
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BREAKING. Big change of policy: no S4-6s should be attending school to complete coursework. Story to follow.
@TesScotland
#schoolclosures
#CoronavirusScotland
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This is brilliant - the power of a (head)teacher believing in you.
@G_Armstrong21
wrote a fantastic piece about this for us in 2021.
Sometimes all you need is someone to believe in you.
#StreetGangs
is available to watch now on
@BBCiPlayer
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Transcribing an interview just now and being reminded that those who pine for the supposedly halcyon days of Scottish education are forgetting (or choosing to ignore) what brutal places Scottish schools could be in the 1980s.
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The decision by
@morganacademy1
to use interest in Scotland's game on Monday to fuel fundraising for a defribillator looks an even better decision in light of what happened to Christian Eriksen today.
#defibrillators
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BREAKING: MSPs vote for "substantial reform" of SQA and Education Scotland.
@TesScotland
story to follow shortly.
#SQA
#EducationScotland
#CovidScotland
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The new education secretary's first priority should be to end the 'scandal' of temporary contracts in education, says
@EISUnion
.
@TesScotland
@tes
#reshuffle
#teachingjobs
#CovidScotland
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BREAKING. Nicola Sturgeon raises prospect of classrooms being redesigned for social distancing and students coming in at different times, after publication of paper on lockdown. Briefing is ongoing.
@TesScotland
@tes
#socialdistancing
#CoronavirusScotland
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The Scottish government repeatedly says (as it did again today) that it wants to "substantially eliminate" the attainment gap, which is a nonsense statement - you either eliminate something or you don't.
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We hear plenty about what's wrong in education, but does anyone fancy writing about why it's fun to be a teacher?
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Question at govt Covid briefing - could “half term” be extended to two weeks, as UK government is suggesting. Presumably doesn’t realise many schools already off for two weeks in Scotland. Also, it’s not half term, it’ll always be the Tattie Holidays to me 🥔
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Times may well be a-changing. These heads call for cancellation (N5, Adv Higher) and shortening (Higher) of SQA exams - and ask if exams are needed at all these days. Also say
#SQAexams
consultation is 'completely misjudged'.
@BOCSH_Scot
@TesScotland
@tes
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Great to have an actual teacher writing about this - other voices valid + useful, of course, but we need more from the profession that will be leading the "catching up" of learning (and working out what we mean by catching up).
@mrs_ferns
@TesScotland
@tes
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BREAKING: John Swinney moved from education secretary job after five years in the job.
@TesScotland
@tes
#reshuffle
#cabinetreshuffle
#cabinet
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I'd urge everyone involved in Scottish education to read this important piece. Thank you to
@aleisha_omeike
for sharing her experiences and insight.
@TesScotland
@tes
#racism
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Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers, not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland -
@Emma_Seith
reports
@TesScotland
@tes
@rcsltscot
@RCSLT
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Here’s a late-night tonic -
@Beath_HS
head Steve Ross at 8pm tonight. Brilliant.
#pipeupforkeyworkers
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The winner of
#WorldCupofScenicScottishSchools
is... LOCHABER HIGH! Congratulations to you and commiserations to Morgan Academy, who have also been fantastic throughout.
@LochaberHigh
@morganacademy1
(1/4)
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Read why this school leader thinks today's government update on the phased return to school buildings was 'baffling and concerning'.
@TesScotland
@tes
#CovidScotland
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Not for the first time, John Swinney has just done a lengthy radio interview and not been asked a single question about education - indicative of both the times we're in and the huge remit he has, being both deputy first minister and education secretary.
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BREAKING: The
@EISUnion
is calling its members in Scotland’s schools out on strike action on *Thursday 24 November*.
It will be the first day of national strike action on pay for almost 40 years, the union said. More strike action is due to follow.
@TesScotland
@tes
#teacherpay
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John Swinney: "I recognise that there isn't a teacher in the country working the hours stipulated in their contract."
#SSTA18
@TESScotland
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This will resonate with a lot of people: why teachers' "worst fears" over 2021 qualifications have come true, with results still determined by high-stakes assessments despite exams having been "cancelled".
@TesScotland
@tes
#exams
#SQA
#CovidScotland
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Judy Murray, who has launched a new tennis resource for schools, talks about how she wants her sons to leave a legacy in schools, and why a lack of courts should not deter state schools from trying tennis.
@JudyMurray
@EducationScot
@TesScotland
@tes
#PE
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Teachers need clarity and confidence before pupils return to school, said Nicola Sturgeon in her address to the nation. She also praised schoolchildren for handling the coronavirus lockdown "brilliantly".
@TesScotland
@tes
#CoronavirusScotland
#Covid19UK
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Pretty sad that at the end of Anti-Bullying Week I’ve turned on the radio and am listening to people who simply don’t understand (or don’t want to understand) what bullying is.
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Breaking news: 'School inspections suspended in Scotland'
Also, Shetland will close some of its schools next week because of its 'unique island setting'
@TesScotland
@tes
#coronavirus
#CoronavirusScotland
#schoolinspections
#schoolclosures
#Shetland
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Thoughts and prayers with modern studies teachers today
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A special mention to 6-pupil Glenbarr Primary who made it further than any other primary - all the way to the semis - and to Inverclyde's schools, who collectively threw themselves into this like nobody's business. Have a great holiday and maybe we'll do this again sometime! (4/)
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BREAKING: 'Coronavirus: S4-6 students must not go to school for coursework'
@TesScotland
@tes
#schoolclosures
#CoronavirusScotland
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Me, on why no one should feel bad about taking a break.
@TesScotland
@tes
#EasterHoliday
#teacherwellbeing
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BREAKING: School inspections will not go ahead as planned in the New Year
@TesScotland
@tes
#schoolinspections
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School league tables: highly misleading and often actively damaging – more so than ever, in this year of all years. There are some amazing schools at the “bottom” of these tables.
From 2019:
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V disappointing to see misleading+politically opportunistic reaction to SQA stats y'day. If you depict state/private sector pass-rate gap as being all about shortcomings in state schools' teaching (+don't mention demographics) you're perpetuating a highly damaging fallacy. And...
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If you don't have time to read through the two
#remotelearning
reports published by Education Scotland this afternoon, we've distilled some of the main points:
@TesScotland
@tes
#onlinelearning
#homelearning
#CovidScotland
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New today: the
@gtcs
has announced
@khadijamohamme8
as its first BAME council convener.
@TesScotland
@tes
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“There are levels of commitment to social justice in Scottish education that I don’t think I have seen anywhere else in the world,” says
@LouiseHayward3
.
#EISheadstogether
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History has been made as
@kaukabstewart
becomes the first women of colour elected to the Scottish Parliament - and she's a teacher!
@TesScotland
@tes
#Election2021
#ScottishElections21
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Round of applause for FM announcing that hairdressers and barbers can reopen from 15 July. News I find it difficult to relate to.
#FMQs
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In a few years we could look back at today as a big turning point for Scottish education. Teachers will like a lot of what's in the
#OECD
report on Curriculum for Excellence, including effusive praise for what they do.
@Emma_Seith
@TesScotland
@tes
(1/5)
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"Why is teaching such a great job?" I tweeted on spur of moment a fortnight ago. I didn't expect such a response...
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"If you want your kids to do well in school, read to them, read with them and read in front of them." Prof Brian Boyd
#EISHTDHTs16
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Teacher
@NUthmani
explains why "catch-up" rhetoric is bad for pupils and school staff.
@TesScotland
@tes
#Covid
#catchup
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@infpwriter
@ememess
Please don't equate Trump's unpleasantness with mental ill health, thank you.
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Bizarre to see a (long-established) desire for social justice being used as a stick with which to beat Scottish education. Here’s Professor Rowena Arshad in 2019 telling us that it's the *best* thing about Scottish education.
@rowenaarshad
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Instrumental music tuition fees to be scrapped - and charges for subjects such as home economics and drama also being removed.
@TesScotland
@tes
#music
#musictuition
#musicfees
#homeeconomics
#drama
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My Old School is on BBC2 at 9pm - it’s a terrific watch. Back in August I spoke to director Jono McLeod. You can listen here (but I’d advise waiting until after you’ve watched the film!):
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This really is a fascinating read - full of both worrying and heartening messages - on the hopes and fears of six young people who are waiting for the SQA results tomorrow morning.
@TesScotland
@tes
#SQAresults
#SQA
#SQAresultsday
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SEMI-FINAL 1 in the
#WorldCupofScenicScottishSchools
:
St Columba's High
1429
Morgan Academy
1801
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Teachers of Scotland (and beyond): can you sum up in a tweet why teaching is such a great job? (And please RT, ta very much.)
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I will never get my head round why some people think it's OK to be so abusive and aggressive on Twitter (and often over absolutely piffling matters).
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BREAKING: Andrea Bradley will become the first female general secretary in the history of the
@EISUnion
- Scotland's largest teaching union - since it was formed in 1847.
@TesScotland
story to follow.
@tes
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Pizza and ice cream at the Kelpies, sun beating down - doesn’t get much better.
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NEW: 'Covid-related school staff absence hits record high' -
@Emma_Seith
reports. Some eye-opening stats here, including that two-thirds of secondary students have now missed at least some school this year because of Covid.
@TesScotland
@tes
#CovidScotland
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My dad’s just found my P3 school jotter, and sent a pic of the entry for 12 May 1983.
@AberdeenFC
@realmadriden
#Gothenburg
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'How to give audio feedback (and cut your workload)'
@lcatherineteach
@TesScotland
@tes
#remotelearning
#MicrosoftTeams
#audiofeedback
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Teachers don't resent working hard - they object to "pointless bureaucracy masquerading as quality assurance, which they then have to do repeatedly", says former secondary head Frank Lennon.
@SP_EduSkills
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Is there a secondary pupil out there who is waiting for their results next Tuesday and would be interested in writing about their hopes and fears? If so, drop me a line - thank you. henry.hepburn
@tesglobal
.com
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Today's
#OECD
report is pretty clear: you can't hope to realise the aims of Curriculum for Excellence with teachers' class-contact time at their current levels.
@TesScotland
@tes
#CfE
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On 22 June there was a promise of clarity on 2022 exams by the start of the school year. On 11 August, we were told to expect an announcement in "the next few days".
Most teachers now back in schools - but still no announcement.
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Pretty amazing detail from this report: the appointment of a 'financial inclusion support officer' at one school helped families claim £400,000 worth of benefits.
@EISUnion
@Emma_Seith
@TesScotland
@tes
#childpoverty
#poverty
#humanrights
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NEW: Unofficial school league tables criticised by Hayward report for 'undermining confidence' in some of Scotland's poorest communities, leaving teachers and pupils 'dispirited'.
@TesScotland
@Tes
(1/3)
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The
@TesScotland
person of the year is (if in any way you work in education)..... you! Thank you for everything you've done in this extraordinary year. You can read all about our 10
#TessPOTY
in the new magazine, which this week is free to all online:
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'Modern studies: 50 years of a unique school subject'
Is modern studies’ focus on politics and current affairs more relevant than ever?
@TesScotland
@tes
#modernstudies
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