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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26538988.scotlands-pisa-2025-results-really-say-schools-england

Scotland should copy England’s schools? The new PISA results don’t prove it

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (653+ words) This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. It has been a few years, but there’s nothing quite like PISA Day to remind you of everything that is wrong with PISA Day. The latest scores came out…...

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heraldscotland.com > news > 26532939.pisa-2025-pays-make-comparisons-england

PISA 2025: Why comparisons with England are a good use of time

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (911+ words) After another round of international assessments showed Scottish pupils trailing their English counterparts, a Scottish policy expert explained that looking south for comparison is useful for more than bragging rights. Lindsay Paterson, emeritus professor of education policy at the University…...

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heraldscotland.com > news > 26529943.pisa-2025-scottish-performance-scores-remain-static

PISA results show no significant change in Scottish pupil performance

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1180+ words) Scottish results remained static overall in the first international assessment administered since the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with the last time the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was administered in 2022, the Scottish mean score declined by 5 points in reading and…...

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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26526032.getting-job-done-women-now-grabbing-top-roles

'Getting the job done: women now grabbing the top roles"

1+ week, 9+ min ago   (12+ words) 'Getting the job done: women now grabbing the top roles' The Herald...

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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26507651.let-universities-go-bust-authored-ruin

'Let universities go bust, they authored their own ruin"

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1095+ words) Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli's team show Scotland's university sector is £200 million short of what it needs to maintain its current size and shape (“Muscatelli: Universities have 'run out of runway' on funding”, The Herald, August 29). Worse still, universities continue peddling…...

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heraldscotland.com > news > 26505622.zero-hours-contracts-scotland-rise-20-despite-labour-pledge

Scots 'exploitation' jobs soar 20 despite Labour ban pledge

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1358+ words) The number of Scots working on “exploitative” insecure job contracts has soared by more than 20% in a year despite a Labour pledge to ban notorious zero-hours jobs. Latest official survey analysis shows 95,000 people in Scotland were on zero-hours contracts between…...

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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26491713.king-chip-art-school-restoration

The King should chip in for Art School restoration

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (545+ words) Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece building in Glasgow city centre is one of the finest buildings in the UK and well worthy of its international acclaim and restoration. The latest report from the Art School estimates restoration requiring some £265 million. By…...

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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26486492.one-last-look-round-paisley-grammar---one-final-lesson

One last look round Paisley Grammar – and one final lesson

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1087+ words) The Herald One last look round Paisley Grammar – and one final lesson What happened at your school? What did you see, and feel? Me: I’m thinking of the English teacher who kicked a friend of mine for some misdemeanour or…...

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heraldscotland.com > opinion > 26472270.must-take-urgent-action-help-mitchell-library-shine

We must take urgent action to help the Mitchell Library shine again

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (521+ words) Graeme Smith, Newton Mearns. Thatcher rule saved Neilston I refer to your excellent article about Paisley Grammar School being saved by the intervention of Mrs Thatcher's rule which stated that where the number of pupils exceeded 80% of its capacity it…...