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- GOOD NEWS: Scottish pupils among top performers in new Pisa test that measures ability to evaluate information, and analyse multiple perspectives. They also demonstrate some of the most positive attitudes towards immigrants. #pisa tes.com/news/scottish-…
- WATCH: 'Be the nice kid' this Christmas bit.ly/2SOXMTX @Henry_Hepburn @DunnottarSchool @Aberdeenshire @RealHughJackman #kindness #BeTheNiceKid #bullying
- BREAKING: MSPs have voted in favour of scrapping the P1 Scottish National Standardised Assessments, by 63 votes to 61.
- The Tes Scotland person of the year is... @lokiscottishrap. It's been incredible to see how many Scottish educators have taken inspiration from Darren McGarvey in 2018.
- Probationer teachers should be paid and it would be unreasonable not to accredit probationers with a full year in classroom, says @JohnSwinney Student teachers withdrawn from placement early and who met standard passed - so that sets precedent, he adds
- Being educated in Gaelic – even if you don’t speak the language outside school – still brings the cognitive benefits of bilingualism, according to new research. Here the lead researcher @MariaGarraffa explains all #bilingualism @bordnagaidhlig
- 25 years. Dunblane will be marking the day 'quietly, privately and with respect'. bit.ly/3cp7asV
- There can be 'snobbery' about support staff in schools but they deserve teachers’ thanks – and kindness, argues Sam Tassiker tes.com/news/teachers-…
- John Swinney, in a piece for Tes, thanks teachers and other educators 'for going above and beyond for pupils' bit.ly/2M9E18v @tes #CoronavirusScotland
- John Swinney: Calls for "a bit more of a positive commentary about Scottish education", and says that he spends more time in schools than any other commentator on Scottish education and doesn't recognise the negative picture often painted. #SLF18
- ‘If they don’t experience it at home, the next place most children experience safety and kindness is school. Unless they don’t.’ @suzannezeedyk #PortyLF18
- More Scots support teacher strikes than don’t, finds @IpsosScotland survey. tes.com/magazine/news/… @tes
- Nicola Sturgeon has promised a device for all pupils if the SNP is re-elected - but teachers want smaller class sizes and more staff, finds @NUthmani
