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Survey shows worrying decline in pupils' maths performance with switch to secondary school
Almost a third of S2 pupils in Scotland have not got to grips with numbers, a major study has found. (...)
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Curriculum for Excellence plans passed in Dundee after tough examination
Dundee secondary schools are to press ahead with new exams as planned. (...)
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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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EIS shows support for councils wanting to delay Curriculum for Excellence exams
Scotland's biggest teaching union is challenging would-be councillors to support any school that wants to delay the introduction of new exams. (...)
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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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Final decision on future of Madras College delayed until after council elections
A decision on where the replacement for Madras College should be sited will not be taken before May's council elections. (...)
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EIS calls for regulation of social networks to protect teachers
Scotland's largest teaching union has called on the UK government to regulate social networking sites to protect teachers from malicious smears posted online by pupils. (...)
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'Be responsible cyber citizens' — city council says pupils and staff regularly reminded of social media pitfalls
Dundee City Council says it wants pupils to be ''responsible cyber citizens''. (...)
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Teachers demand police investigate Menzieshill High School pupils' abusive Facebook page
Pupils at a Dundee school have made abusive and sexual comments about their teachers on a Facebook page, even calling one a paedophile. (...)
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Parent group argues Fife Council's Madras College plan contradicts previous school decision
A partial or full decant of pupils while work on Madras College's replacement is carried out will have a significant detrimental impact on the youngsters, campaigners have claimed. (...)
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Angus Council planning to discuss Arbroath schools saga behind closed doors
The next turn in the Arbroath superschool saga looks likely to be taken behind closed doors. (...)
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Sapientia et doctrina — Fife pupils learning the age-old benefits of Latin
Kirkcaldy High School pupils have decided the best way to ''carpe diem'' is to learn Latin. (...)
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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 teachers told to be aware of social networking pitfalls
Teachers in Scotland are being warned of the risks of using social networking sites. (...)
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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. (...)
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Free school bus rules face review as Fife Council struggles to save £90 million
Free school bus travel for hundreds of Fife school children could be axed as the council faces a desperate struggle to balance the books. (...)
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Madras College pupils tell the real story behind Scotland's school statistics
Pupils in Courier Country say statistics about teacher numbers and class sizes won't guarantee them a good education. (...)
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Pupils escape injury as school buses collide in Dundee
Two school buses full of primary pupils heading for a Christmas panto were involved in a crash in Pitkerro Road on Wednesday. (...)
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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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Police complaints commissioner says force was right to charge teacher
Tayside Police were right to charge a teacher with assaulting pupils even though her case never went to court, an inquiry has found. (...)
