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Education committee to hear call for Curriculum for Excellence exam rethink
Dundee Labour's education spokesman is to table a motion at the education committee meeting tonight calling for the department to defer new exams as part of the Curriculum for Excellence. (...)
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Dundee education chief confident Curriculum for Excellence will raise standards in city schools
Dundee's education director reckons exam results will improve thanks to the new school curriculum. (...)
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Dundee's pupil exclusion rate far ahead of national average
Dundee has again recorded the highest rate of school exclusions in Scotland. (...)
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Dundee councillors formally drop proposals for standardised school week
A proposal to switch all Dundee secondary schools to a standardised 33-period week has been formally rejected. (...)
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Education director admits defeat in bid to standardise Dundee schools' working week
A plan to bring in a 33-period week at Dundee secondary schools has been scrapped. (...)
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Scottish Schools Online allows parents to track performance
Parents across Scotland can now see how well or badly their child's school did in this year's exams. (...)
More SNP councillors planning to step down in May
Two more SNP councillors in Dundee this week announced their plans to stand down at May's local elections. (...)
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Axe murderer Thomas McCulloch released to go shopping in Dundee
One of Scotland's most notorious killers has been on day release from prison in the centre of Dundee. (...)
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Education chief says parties have finally found an answer to St John's High School bus row
Dundee's education convener says ''a solution has finally been found'' to the row about bus services for St John's High School pupils. (...)
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Large number of Dundee teachers approaching early retirement eligibility
Almost a fifth of teachers in Dundee will be eligible to apply for early retirement next year. (...)
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Labour on attack after figures show Dundee has 99 fewer teachers than a year ago
Dundee has almost 100 fewer teachers working in its schools than last year, it has been revealed. (...)
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'Enough is enough' — teachers vote for national strike on November 30
Families across the country are set to be hit by the first national strike in Scottish schools for almost 25 years. (...)
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Bus service cut harming Catholic education in Dundee, committee told
The Catholic representative on Dundee City Council's education committee has claimed the withdrawal of a bus service to St John's High is undermining Catholic education. (...)
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Education director pledges school timetable proposal will be subject to proper consultation
A teacher has warned that a proposal to standardise the school week across Dundee's secondaries might not work. (...)
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'Our young people will be inspired' — World Schools Debating Championship under way in Dundee
This week sees Dundee play host to a truly global gathering for the World Schools Debating Championship 2011. (...)
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Pupils' safety is the key concern at new Eastern Primary School
Dundee's education convener has said "every effort" has been made to improve road safety at the new Eastern Primary School. (...)
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Cost of Broughty Ferry school transfer soars
The cost of moving Eastern Primary School in Broughty Ferry into the Grove Academy building has rocketed by £300,000. (...)
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Nail-biting and anxious thoughts feature heavily as SQA exam diet begins
Around 17,000 pupils across Tayside and Fife have begun sitting the national exams that could help to determine their future paths in life. (...)
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Further Dundee schools uncertain due to 'bare cupboards'
Dundee's education convener has said it was impossible for the council to commit to building more new schools beyond those already programmed because of the difficult financial climate. (...)
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'Innovative' Dundee Youth Council launched
Dundee Youth Council was officially launched this week at the city chambers. (...)
