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Chris Deerin: Scottish schooling is stuck in the mud - and poorer pupils are paying the price

by Chris Deerin © Supplied by Scran Academy Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Nothing defines Scottish state education so much as its conservatism. For a nation that prides itself on its spiky iconoclasm, it’s ironic that we seem to approach schooling our young with the trepidation of a trainee teacher on her first day in front of a rowdy class. © Supplied Chris Deerin. This does Scotland’s children no favours. Middle-class kids are, of course, more likely to have ambitious, supportive parents, expensive tutors and a focused learning environment. They will be fine – perhaps not as stretched as they should be, but they’ll get by. For those facing tougher odds, the story often has a less happy ending – they leave school with few meaningful qualifications, little hope of moving on to co

Sean Moncrieff: If you run the numbers, all parents lie to their children

Sean Moncrieff: If you run the numbers, all parents lie to their children If genetics defines one’s future, then my daughter is doomed when it comes to maths Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 06:00 Sean Moncrieff   Nearly every day, Daughter Number Four has a new expression, most of which seem to have their own internal logic. “I’m going to kill you in the face” is a current favourite. When we woke up to snow on New Year’s Eve, she was delighted but surprised. She told us that she didn’t know we had snow in this world. Those phrases may imply that she’s a violent alien, but given that she’s just turned five, we’re holding off on any judgments for now. We’re more pleased that she issues her threats in a syntactically correct way.

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