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SCOTTISH teachers are preparing the fightback against SNP plans to fast-track unqualified university graduates into schools.
The Scottish government reportedly decided last week to put its own version of the Teach First model out to tender.
In England and Wales, the Teach First social enterprise charity allows would-be teachers to bypass a year studying for a postgraduate diploma in education, instead giving them five weeks intensive training at university then landing them in a classroom expected to fulfil 80 per cent of a full timetable.
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities