Education, Fact check
Has the SNP overseen an increase in the education attainment gap?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Kezia Dugdale’s claim on the education attainment gap in Scotland.
Education
Arms trade, Education
Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers
School children are being encouraged to sell weapons in lessons branded “immoral”.
Education
Loss of libraries in schools puts Scottish ministers under pressure
Forty per cent of Scotland’s primary schools have no libraries and 99 per cent have no librarians.
Education, Finance
Parents kept in dark over private finance school defects
Five schools in Angus and three schools in Dundee had defects that were similar to those found in Edinburgh private finance schools after a wall collapsed.
Education, Politics
Five-star hospitality for education advisers will ‘stun taxpayers’
Members of a Government advisory group have enjoyed five-star luxury at an exclusive Edinburgh hotel.
Arms trade, International
Yemen bombs firm condemned for training children to make drones
A US arms firm linked to alleged war crimes in Yemen has been condemned for a Fife school project making drones.