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Barry Black
All articles by Barry Black
‘SQA was warned about impact on disadvantaged students’
On SQA results day 2020 the new normal looks frustratingly like the old, says Barry Black
4 August 2020
‘Now is the time to be bold on educational inequality’
We need a new normal for education to better serve the disadvantaged – and that has to start now, says Barry Black
16 May 2020
Why Parliament was right to want a curriculum review
The implementation of Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence has left educators facing myriad unintended consequences, says Barry Black
17 January 2020
‘The poorer you are, the fewer subject choices you get’
Shrinking choices are having a serious impact on students – it’s time for the denial to stop, argues Barry Black
9 December 2019
Narrowing choice has ‘profound implications’ for pupils
To fix the problem of subject choice in Scotland, we must first clearly define what the problem is, says Barry Black
18 November 2019
Are pupils made to choose subjects too early?
It can seem strange that, at such a young age, pupils are made to choose which subjects to study. Barry Black looks at the factors that shape these often life-altering decisions
1 March 2019