Scotland’s independent think tank
SCHOOL CURRICULUM LACKS KNOWLEDGE, SAY EXPERTS The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today calls for the acquisition of knowledge to take its place alongside the acquisition of skills in Scotland’s school curriculum. The Commission, which is composed of teachers and other education …
Lindsay Paterson says recent report is “shallow, badly written and has no systematic statistical evidence base” Reform Scotland, the independent non-partisan think tank, has today published a paper written by Edinburgh University Professor Lindsay Paterson in which he states that the recent OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence: did not deliberately seek out evidence that …
Commission on School Reform says examinations are still the best guarantee of fairness The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has today released a new paper in which it says that anonymously marked examinations remain the best way of guaranteeing consistent standards in …
Commission on School Reform outlines roadmap to recovery in its Holyrood manifesto The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today releases An Education Manifesto for 2021 and Beyond, comprising policy recommendations which it argues would return Scotland’s schools system to world-leading status. The Commission …
Commission on School Reform says both exams and coursework must have a role The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today calls for a full-scale public review of assessment in schools. The Commission, which is composed of teachers and other education experts, believes …
Experts Propose Extra Eight Hours Per Week For Two Years The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today asks the Scottish Government to set up a radical programme of catch-up to repair the damage caused to children by lost education during Scotland’s two …
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The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has called for the urgent reform of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). In a submission to the OECD ahead of its review of the Broad General Education (BGE) phase of CfE, the Commission, chaired by one of the original …
FOI requests show dramatic pre-covid increase in long-term absence; think tank calls for more data and more support Answers to Freedom of Information requests to all local authorities in Scotland have revealed the extent of long-term absence in Scotland’s schools. The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the …
The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today proposes six extra hours per week of catch-up lessons for pupils over the next two years, in order to repair the damage caused by lost education during lockdown. Professor Lindsay Paterson, professor of education policy …
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Reform Scotland, the independent, non-partisan think tank, says today that all graduates should in future be expected to contribute to the cost of their university education. At present, only students from outside the EU and from England, Wales and Northern Ireland pay for tuition. Scottish students and those from EU member states pay nothing. The …
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