HeyJaredA Letter from Scotland
An update on Scotland's politics, culture, and social affairs, drawing on the historical roots of current issues
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Did the Russians take out Trident’s emergency communication system? (opens the original)
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PISA 25 - an apology, sort of. (opens the original)
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I decided to do a short update of my PISA 25 article after being attacked on social media by Sam Taylor of These Islands, an aggressive, dark-money-funded pro-Unionist think tank, a hydra head of the populist right.Taylor disputed my suggestion that there was a bigger disparity in England between the students who took the test and the students who didn’t show up in terms of free school meals’ entitlement. (You can check out <a href="https://x.com/stay
England v Scotland, the battle of the PISA tests (opens the original)
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The mainstream media does not do nuance. So the results of international education tests called PISA have been reported as victory to England, because 15-year-olds there did significantly better in the core disciplines of maths, science and reading tests. But that is not a complete picture. Scots scored better in wellbeing, feeling supported and curiosity.England’s Education Department doesn’t seem to have published their results on wellbeing, so I have used the UK stats below. I guess it depend
Is it time for Scotland to get out from under the exploitative whisky industry? (opens the original)
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“The Union is coming to an end”, prominent Scottish writer tells Book Festival audience (opens the original)
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