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And it still goes on: Swinney to visit Busby school targeted in 'sectarian' attacks - BBC News

So how does this help children feel safe, included, promote their rights and wellbeing etc...? What can we do, in education, to tackle bigotry?

Are these sorts of resources useful or do they fail to address root causes? Tackling sectarianism - An overview of resources | Resources | Education Scotland

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Gareth GordonBBC News NI Political Correspondent

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Holy Cross: Remembering a school run like no other

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BBC News NI’s Gareth Gordon reflects on the 20th anniversary of Belfast’s Holy Cross school dispute.

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What does it really mean to be a teacher who promotes social justice and challenges discrimination?

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What does it really mean to be a teacher who promotes social justice and challenges discrimination?

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See GTCS professional standards for teachers: A guide to the Professional Standards

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Dr. Robert Coles: There was a flame of racial hate and street violence.

They were trying to de-segregate two elementary schools and this little girl was ordered by a federal judge to go into one of them. And she was there all by herself. The whole White population had boycotted the school. No other children with her. And I happened to see this little child going into a school in New Orleans at the age of six, to the first grade, I thought to myself, "I would like to know that child, I'd like to know what's happening to her."

One day, having now spent months getting to know Ruby and being rather puzzled at how normal and stoic and strong she was, going through this kind of living hell. Two hundred people waiting at eight thirty in the morning to tell her they were going to kill her. Two hundred people in the afternoon telling her they were going to kill her. Twenty-five federal marshals taking her into that building.

What would you expect? You'd expect that a child going through that would pretty soon start developing symptoms and be in trouble.

I waited and waited and there weren't any symptoms and she kept going and learning and being the Ruby that she was. A normal six year old Black child, very poor background, parents didn't even know how to read and write. Humble people.

One day her school teacher said to me she had been looking out of the window and she saw Ruby yet again coming to school. [ Voices of protesters heckling and yelling in the background] This time she watched carefully and she noticed that as Ruby was walking past this mob of heckling men and women, she stopped, and the teacher saw her lips moving.

I said, 'Ruby, your teacher told me today that she saw you talking to those people on the street.'

She said to me, 'Doctor, I told her that I wasn't talking to the people.'

I said, 'Well who were you talking to then?'

She said, 'I told her - I was talking to God.'

'Why were you praying to God?'

[ Voices of protestors shouting in the background. Reporter asks one of them, "Can you tell us, our audience why you took 'em out?"...A woman says "Because I didn't want them to go to school with the nigger"]

She said, 'I was praying for the people on the street.' I said, 'Why were you doing that, Ruby?'

And she said 'Well, because I wanted to pray for them.' I said, 'You did want to pray for them?' 'Yes', she said.

I said, 'Ruby, why would you want to pray for those people?'

Then she looked at me and her eyes widened and she said,

'Well, don't you think they need praying for?'

That stopped me cold. 'Where did you get that idea, Ruby?'

'Well, my Mommy and Daddy have told that and the minister told me that in church.' She said. 'I pray for them every morning. And I pray for them every afternoon when I go home.'
(Voices of protesters yelling, 'I say for the mothers to keep their kids out of school...We're White people, we don't want them to go to school with niggers..I have five and they're not going to school with no niggers!')
I said, 'Ruby, those people were so mean to you, they're so nasty to you. You must have some other feelings toward them besides wanting to pray for them.'

She said 'I just keep praying for them and I just hope that God will be good to them.' I said, 'What do you say in the prayer, Ruby?'

'I always say the same thing.' 'What's that Ruby?'

'Well. I always say please, dear God, forgive them because they don't know what they're doing.'

Now I'd heard that some place before. And I heard it in that kitchen, in that extremely impoverished house and it silenced me. I had no more questions to ask.

Here is a child who we learned in the sixties to say that she came from a culturally disadvantaged and a culturally deprived home.

They were illiterate, her parents and yet they had taught her Biblical truths in a way that she was to live them out.

I would like to see some of us who have fancy educations bring up our children similarly. Do we? I'm not so sure we do.

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Ruby Bridges was just six years old and starting school when she made history in 1960. She was the first African American child to be given a place at an all-white elementary school as part of desegregation in the southern...

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Nuzhat's article on misogyny in Scottish education

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Nuzhat's article on misogyny in Scottish education

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Schools ‘can’t tackle violence against women and girls alone’

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Schools should be teaching students about misogyny - but they need more help to address the problem, MSPs are told

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What do we do about sexism in schools? (and racism, ableism, religious bigotry...)

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What do we do about sexism in schools? (and racism, ableism, religious bigotry...)

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Relevant for all essay topics (how would you make a curriculum which focuses on issues such as these? How does sexism impact on the wellbeing of pupils and teachers? Do we need to rethink how we teach inclusion? How could you use this example to help pupils think about rights (which includes respecting the rights of others)? What might this suggest about how we teach citizenship and why it matters (influence of views coming from social media, lack of political knowledge/engagement among the population and -- arguably-- lack of an education which supports people to reason and be able to assess evidence and weigh up different views?)

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A third of teachers reported pupil misogyny last week - survey

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Teachers also told a survey commissioned by BBC News they feel ill-equipped to tackle the issue.

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Chill Chilling GIF by Vienna Pitts - Find & Share on GIPHY

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Discover & share this Chill Chilling GIF by Vienna Pitts with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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Rights -- Consultation with children & yp on UNCRC articles 

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Rights -- Consultation with children & yp on UNCRC articles 

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As part of this review: Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education

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World Economic Forum and Defining Education 4.0

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World Economic Forum and Defining Education 4.0

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"The Education 4.0 learning taxonomy presents a comprehensive set of skills, attitudes, and values to prepare young learners for well-being in the economies of the future." Which curriculum orientations can you identify in this? What values? Whose values -- who gets to decide?

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The Education 4.0 learning taxonomy presents a comprehensive set of skills, attitudes, and values to prepare young learners for well-being in the economies of the future. This white paper outlines the philosophy behind Education 4.0, as well as the specific taxonomy structure of skills, attitudes and values, and their respective definitions, synthesizing and building on contemporary research and established education taxonomies. This document unifies the World Economic Forum's broader Education 4.0 initiative behind a common foundation and understanding of how to reimagine education systems, and serves as an instrument to facilitate that transformation.

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The Education 4.0 learning taxonomy presents a comprehensive set of skills, attitudes, and values to prepare young learners for well-being in the economies of the future. This white paper outlines the philosophy behind Education 4.0, as well as the specific taxonomy structure of skills, attitudes and values, and their respective definitions, synthesizing and building on contemporary research and established education taxonomies.

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"Extra heavy" strap (this is from Linlithgow museum

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Technological and societal disruptions are coming at us thick and fast. Whilst we cannot predict the future, we can prepare for a future that is increasingly unpredictable.

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And here are the actual stats (newspapers are terrible at linking to the original source): Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 7: 2025 edition - gov.scot

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Sturgeon’s legacy ‘in tatters’ as gap between rich and poor pupils widens

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Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy “lies in tatters” after a school attainment gap she promised to close by 2026 widened again. The gulf between students from the richest and poorest backgrounds in securing employment or further education after leaving school widened significantly in 2024, according to official figures released on Tuesday. Shortly after she…

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From 31 January 2023, the Curriculum for Wales framework guidance has been updated. Changes include:

a revised journey to curriculum roll-out section to reflect the fact that the curriculum is now being implemented

corrections to issues with definitions and hyperlinks

more clarity through minor amends to narrative following feedback

updates to ensure correct terminology

In addition, we have included changes to the Humanities Area regarding the 'history of Wales and the world'.

The Curriculum for Wales framework guidance will be updated annually in January of each year.

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Do you think it was "excellent" (if you went to school here)?

Does it look "excellent" to you (if you didn't experience school here?)

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Education Scotland is a Scottish Government executive agency responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

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Very different from Curriculum for Excellence...

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The national curriculum for England to be taught in all local-authority-maintained schools.

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How would you make a curriculum? What would you put in it? Who would you consult?

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How would you make a curriculum? What would you put in it? Who would you consult?

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Curriculum Improvement Cycle – Towards an Evolved Technical Framework

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Today (Thursday 19 December) Education Scotland has published the second of three discussion papers which have emerged from the findings, key messages and learning from a series of pilot curriculum…

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Finding school boring since 1225 AD (approx)

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Finding school boring since 1225 AD (approx)

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Onfim the bored schoolchild is fed up with learning Bible verses. He wants to learn fighting, as he's going to be a warrior. And he likes drawing pictures of himself as a monster.

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Much of our knowledge of ancient individuals is limited to the elite, people like rulers/generals. Yet occasionally we come across archaeology that reveals a tiny glimpse of the life of a regular person. Meet Onfim! He lived 800 years ago and boy, did he find homework boring.🧵1/

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Strictest headteacher 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - do you agree with him? 

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Strictest headteacher 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - do you agree with him? 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxdkq51ywo

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Bethan LewisEducation & Family Correspondent, BBC Wales News

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Caldicot head teacher Alun Ebenezer: ‘We must stop mollycoddling kids’

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Inside the school where a controversial new head warns against “hiding behind words like wellbeing”.

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The way that school and national level information and data is presented through Parentzone Scotland has changed.

To help raise attainment, ensure all learners have the best chance to succeed, and support school improvement, information is gathered from publicly funded schools in Scotland. The Scottish Government has brought a range of this information together in a school information dashboard.

The dashboard is broken down into three sectors - primary schools, secondary schools and special schools.

In each sector you can look at information for individual schools. You can also look at Scotland level information for the sector by selecting 'Scotland' and 'all publicly funded schools'.

You can read more about the dashboard and view the information here:

Archived data

Secondary school data which was previously held on Parentzone Scotland or Scottish Schools Online have been archived here for reference. Changes brought about by Curriculum for Excellence and the phased introduction of new national qualifications mean that archived data is not directly comparable on a year by year basis.

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The way that school and national level information and data is presented through Parentzone Scotland has changed. To help raise attainment, ensure all learners have the best chance to succeed, and support school improvement, information is gathered from publicly funded schools in Scotland.

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Should we raise the school leaving age? 

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Should we raise the school leaving age? 

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Compare the information in the newspaper article with the blog and suggest what in the newspaper article is​

Accurate​

Misleading​

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Pisa: Performance of Scottish pupils in maths and science at record low

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Scotland’s performance in maths and science among 15-year-old school pupils is at a record low according to new statistics.

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Who are the key people in Scottish education?

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Who are the key people in Scottish education?

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What did you like about school? What did you not like?

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What did you like about school? What did you not like?