However nobody is going to queue up to make their morning commute on the Flying Scotsman or a Model T Ford. It is especially popular amongst those who remember the golden days when the Scottish education system was the best in the World (i.e. If we are really serious about adding a little gilding back to the Scottish education system, we need to listen to the sort of ideas put forward in the Hayward report and recognise that countries further up the international pecking order share my amazement at our obsession with exams. Successful education systems are constantly evolving and are not afraid to do what is best for their students. The whole story is more complex and hopefully more positive than EU-loving Scotland = Good and Brexit Britain = Bad.

Source: The Herald June 28, 2023 16:17 UTC