Mimanifesto – Jaye’s weblog

I read Brian Boyd’s recent eloquent defence of a Curriculum for Excellence(ACfE) with great interest (letters, The Herald February 7th). I have to say that I believe ACfE does not go far enough. In my view, The problem of teaching to the test and death by past-paper which currently exists in our schools will not [...]

Via Scoop.it – Marriage Equality in ScotlandTelegraph.co.ukGay marriage won’t make the world stop turningTelegraph.co.ukUntil Civil Partnerships came along in 2004, gays would typically use contract law to approach a similar legal outcome as full legal marriage.Via www.telegraph.co.uk

Via Scoop.it – Marriage Equality in Scotlandstv.tvSame sex marriage campaign wins political leaders’ supportstv.tvLeaders of the main political parties pledged support to moves to legalise same sex marriage.Via news.stv.tv

Via Scoop.it – Autism News and researchDaily MailNow in one in 100 adults has autism with the condition much more likely to …Daily MailAnd as with children, the study has found that autism is far commoner in males than females.Via www.dailymail.co.uk

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. And this is just what the Equal Marriage campaign in Scotland is doing, winning hearts and minds in the process. Tonight’s parliamentary reception at Holyrood [...]