Secondary
Thursday
16th May 2024
Reliable wi-fi ‘essential’ to learning yet not a given in Scottish schools
‘Ease of access to technology should be an expectation, not an exception,’ say teachers frustrated by years of inconsistent internet connections in schools around Scotland
![Reliable wi-fi ‘essential’ to learning - yet not a given in Scottish schools](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-05/WIFi%20Scotland.jpg?itok=q-T3xoUP)
Call to replace GCSEs with ‘digital Sats’
Government should also set goal to reduce curriculum content by 10% across all key stages, according to think tank
![Call to replace GCSEs with 'digital Sats'](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-05/Digital-exams2.jpg?itok=S6rhOyyp)
Friday
10th May 2024
‘The fear of inspection is rife in our schools’
School inspection in Scotland is too often used to ‘squash innovation and enthusiasm’, says SSTA general secretary
!['The fear of inspection is rife in our schools', says SSTA](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-05/Scots-inspection.jpg?itok=uKqiB6kX)
Say ‘no’ to ‘toxic culture’ of extra workload, teachers told
Teachers have been ‘conditioned over the years by moral blackmail to take on more and more work’, says president of Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association
![Teachers told to say 'no' to 'toxic culture' of extra workload](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-05/Toxic-workload.jpg?itok=xQbAOMOY)
Wednesday
24th Apr 2024
Modern language assistants disappear from Scottish state schools
The only MLAs left in Scotland are based at independent schools, fuelling fears about declining interest in learning languages
![French exit sign](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/Sortie-exit.jpg?itok=m-KGM5g_)
GCSE science: Sharp fall in ‘crucial’ practical work
Only a quarter of exam students do practical science work at least fortnightly, with video demonstrations more common, research finds
![Science class experiment](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/Practical-Science03.jpg?itok=pWZGi4sg)