How the OECD whitewashed the failings of Scotland’s education system
The study lauded by the Scottish government was partial, sycophantic and superficial.
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Our fear of algorithms has undermined this year’s A-level grades and failed students
Using AI became politically impossible after last year’s exams fiasco – but young people will suffer from rampant grade inflation.
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Is status more important than earning potential for today’s A-level students?
It will take more than a few new apprenticeship schemes to deter school leavers from pursuing degrees that do not help their employment prospects.
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Covid Cohort: How do A-level students feel about results day 2021?
On A-level results day this year, nearly 45 per cent of entries were awarded A or A* grades. The New Statesman…
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How policing is being sewn into the fabric of British schools
A New Statesman Freedom of Information request has revealed that in 2020-21, 377 police officers were working full-time in London schools. What…
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First Thoughts: The classroom culture wars, GB News founders, and cricket gets an update
Boris Johnson’s government has opened a new front in its culture wars: teacher training.
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Why Scotland is facing an exam grades scandal for the second year running
Teachers are furious with the Scottish government for imposing a system that could lead to results as unfair as last year’s,…
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Why GCSEs should be abolished
Internal assessment by teachers worked perfectly well last year – so let’s keep that system and call it a School…
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