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Scottish Education Archive
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PFI with Children & Families
Posted on November 22, 2006 | No CommentsThe council are pushing PFI on our schools system with soundbytes like “300 schools will be rebuilt or refurbished by 2009, representing an investment of £2.2 billion.” However, this hides... -
Did Napier University lie to EdinburghSucks.com?
Posted on April 6, 2006 | 1 CommentNo sooner than we published our post on yet another of disgraced ex-councillor Paul Nolan’s conflicts of interest, where we included a quote we were given from Napier University, our... -
Move the goalposts I – the HighFlyers
Posted on April 2, 2006 | No CommentsIn a bid to get publicity 3 years ago, the First Minister (who is currently on a world tour, and had a stop in Scotland this week) has let down the... -
What happend to our world beating education system?
Posted on March 28, 2006 | No CommentsWhat happened to the days when Scotland once led the world in Education. A Scottish education was the envy of the world and now, according to Professor Richard Lynn, Scotland... -
What about the children?
Posted on November 14, 2005 | No CommentsThe children of Scotland are the future of Scotland. Nobody denies that. What is it today, the figures show thousands of children are failing to achieve basic levels of numeracy... -
92 schools unsuitable for use
Posted on June 30, 2005 | 1 CommentThe current administration have been in power in Edinburgh for 20 years and now a report tells us the shocking news that 92 of our schools are unsuitable for use.... -
Mine’s a Double – what a boob!
Posted on May 10, 2005 | No CommentsSo what have the smart people in the Scottish Executive come up with now. A t-shirt with an instruction manual. The pink t-shirts for women which have “Mine’s a double”... -
Scots teachers brand executive measures a failure
Posted on May 8, 2005 | No CommentsThe dozens of government initiatives brought in by the Scottish Executive over the past 4 years to combat classroom voilence and disruption have been branded a huge failure today by... -
Rev. Councillor Aitken promotes porn
Posted on May 5, 2005 | 8 CommentsCouncillor Ewan Aitken who is not only a serving Church of Scotland minister but also in charge of Education at COSLA and the City Council is promoting porn on the... -
City Schools in Retirement Timebomb
Posted on May 2, 2005 | No CommentsFigures today revealed that more that 54 percent of teachers in Edinburgh’s schools are aged between 46 and 65 and will have left the profession by 2020. Teaching leaders today... -
Executive’s PE targets have failed
Posted on April 3, 2005 | No CommentsWhen our children are getting heavier and heavier through among other things, lack of exercise, our leaders are again failing us: “Peter Peacock, the education minister, has admitted the Executive... -
£1 billion in the bank but council tax will soar
Posted on March 30, 2005 | No CommentsThe Scotsman picked up on this story, as did The Herald. The cheeky councils have been rumbled and the body which represents all councils the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities... -
£2m on ‘failed’ sex education scheme
Posted on March 25, 2005 | No CommentsMore money down the drain. News from the Executive that they will waste yet another £2m on a: Controversial sex education programme which is to be expanded across the Lothians,...