Education

Class Rules: the truth about Scottish schools: a review

Author / Creator: Sue Palmer

Media type: News Item

Date published:

A supportive review of the book "Class Rules: the truth about Scottish schools"


Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish Schools

Author / Creator: James McEnaney

Date published: 2021

Class Rules makes the key issues about Scotland's education system accessible to all. He delves into the Curriculum for Excellence. He interrogates the rhetoric around closing the 'attainment gap' between the richest and poorest pupils. And he considers the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic.  This book looks to the future to ask what changes can be made to improve the system for young people across the country. 


Populism, democracy and a pedagogy of renewal

Author / Creator: Margaret Petrie

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published:

The implications of populism for adult education aimed at defending and extending democratic life. The conflation of agonistic democracy with left populism is questioned. We consider how a focus on education might help to ground their theory and clarify popppulism's ambiguities. 


An Equal Start: A plan for equality in early learning and care in Scotland

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: January 2016

This report is a plan for delivering change through a National Childcare Service in public provision, as a replacement for the fragmented, haphazard and unequal nature of the childcare sector at present. The report provides a comprehensive, costed strategy for achieving this transformation.