“Like the pupils and parents who protested at the weekend, I am clear that those responsible for this fiasco must be held to account.
Month: August 2020
Pressure mounts on John Swinney to resign over exam result reductions tied to poverty and deprivation
A very sensible suggestion would be not to have any of those downgrades and have what was recommended by the teachers, the teachers know the pupils best.
BRIAN WILSON’S COLUMN
Anger on behalf of the young who have been despicably treated. Anger about how disadvantage is reinforced rather than challenged in a society where lip-service passes for progress.
Education system that favours the affluent and penalises the poor
Having claimed that this year’s school exam results would be formed primarily from teacher estimates it has betrayed that professional judgement by slashing pupil grades particularly among those children from the poorest areas.
GIRL DROWNED IN THE LEVEN AFTER BEING SWEPT OFF HER FEET AT BALLOCH BRIDGE
Initially, some people thought two persons were in the water – a young girl and a youth, but it was announced later that the search was for the girl only.
SNP COUNCIL LEADER SAYS THERE’S NOT ‘A CAT IN HELL’S’ CHANCE OF OF A SECOND WAVE OF THE VIRUS
Perhaps Cllr Alexander should form an orderly queue behind Derek Mackay, the FM’s former finance leader, who was widely tipped to succeed her in Bute House, and who recently picked up a stonking £44,000 of taxpayers’ money for doing nothing.