| Free school meals and cheap uniforms for thousands more AN extra 3,000 children across the city are set to be given free school dinners as well as financial help when buying uniforms. news.scotsman.com |
Universities' funds slashed EDINBURGH'S Napier and Queen Margaret universities face cash cuts under new plans for allocating higher education funds. news.scotsman.com |
National Briefing | South: North Carolina: Cash-for-Grades Plan Principal Quits Susie Shepherd will retire after school district leaders halted a fund-raiser she approved that would have allowed students to buy 20 test points for a $20 donation. feeds.nytimes.com |
Alex Salmond 'used sacked Fiona Hyslop as scapegoat and misled Holyrood' ALEX Salmond was last night accused of using his sacked education secretary Fiona Hyslop as a scapegoat to protect himself against allegations that he misled parliament and ha news.scotsman.com |
'Zero-tolerance' for illiteracy A PLEDGE of a zero-tolerance approach to illiteracy and a promise to improve children's reading and writing were made by the Scottish Government last night. news.scotsman.com |