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	Scotland
		The links between Scotland and England were reinforced by dynastic strategy when King James VI of Scotland acquired the English throne as James I. The next century saw internecine religious war and a shift in power from the monarch and court to the parliaments.
		Scotland has a social democratically inclined middle class with a strong sense of its roots in the industrial working class and the formation of the welfare state; there is a widespread belief that egalitarianism is inherent in the national culture.
		Scotland is a small country with a high degree of overlap in social and kinship networks.
	www.everyculture.com /Sa-Th/Scotland.html (5143 words)

	EDUCATIONAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Besides the endowments already mentioned, certain educational funds held in trust by the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland are devoted to the support of professorships in the faculties of arts.
		He has been connected with the education board of Otago, of which he was a member for ten years and three times elected chairman, and for the same period was one of the governors of the boys and girls High Schools of Otago.
		Professor JOHN HALLIDAY SCOTT, Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Otago, was born in 1851 in the city of Edinburgh, and was educated at the Edinburgh Institution, and at the University.
	www.colonialcdbooks.com /educational.htm (2779 words)

	Educational Institute of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status.
		The EIS is currently the largest teaching union in Scotland, and since being granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria, it is the only union able to award degrees.
		This article related to a United Kingdom trade union is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Educational_Institute_of_Scotland (132 words)

	Anne Howie, Support For Scottish Parliament Grows
		A report on mortality rates published last year by the registrar general of Scotland showed that 15 of the 20 areas in Britain with the highest death rates are in Scotland, with the top eight all Scottish.
		Scotland was an independent kingdom prior to the union with England in 1707.
		In a 1979 referendum held in Wales, the devolution proposal for that region was defeated by a 4—1 margin in a turnout of 59 percent.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/61/058.html (1371 words)

	14Mar04_sdei
		The Scottish education minister Peter Peacock stated that league tables belonged to a "past time" and were now "meaningless".
		The minister's comments came ahead of a speech today at an education conference in Glasgow in which he launched a consultation process over a major package of reforms to the Scottish education system which would see widespread change to their curriculum, assessment, reporting and testing - and major departures from Westminster policy.
		Ronnie Smith, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), said: "The EIS welcomes the steps now being taken to deliver on the commitment to simplify and reduce assessment by ending the current system of 5-14 testing.
	members.cox.net /tei/teiPages/Scotland.htm (614 words)

	Scottish Pro-lifers Target Students
		Scotland's devolved ruling Executive called the organization "a small group of extremists" and warned it would prevent Precious Life from harassing pupils.
		Education authorities have warned they will call in the police, and Scotland's biggest teachers' union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), also has attacked the campaign.
		This is a democracy and we will not be intimidated by the authorities or the teachers' union." He said the EIS union had passed a motion at a recent conference - even before the current school campaign began - calling for Precious Life to be banned from schools.
	members.iquest.net /~macihms/Christian/scotlife.html (767 words)

	scottish borders educational institute of scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Educational Institute of Scotland was founded in 1847 and is the oldest teaching union in the world.
		Queen Victoria granted a Royal Charter to the EIS and among the powers conferred was the power to award a degree of "Fellow of the Institute".
		In Scotland the EIS represents about 80% of teachers and lecturers working in all sectors from nurseries through primary and secondary schools and up to colleges and universities.
	www.borderseis.org.uk (293 words)

	Articles
		But as she launched the Government's Strategic Framework for Scottish Further Education, Opportunities for Everyone, lecturing staff at South Lanarkshire College were embarking on the first day of a rolling programme of strikes due to last 12 weeks and lecturers at Paisley's Reid Kerr College were conducting a ballot on industrial action.
		Ms Marian Healy, further and higher education officer with the Educational Institute of Scotland, said the South Lanarkshire College dispute was over the compulsory redundancies of two mem-bers of staff and that the union hoped to have their cases dealt with soon at an industrial tribunal.
		Mrs Liddell, speaking at Cardonald College, said the Framework document signalled the role of further education as a key to social and economic inclusion, and challenged colleges to build on efforts to increase access to and participation in further education.
	members.tripod.com /helenliddell/strike.html (615 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Ill health forces minister's exit
		The first minister went on to praise Mr Peacock's tenure in education, saying the education system was in good shape, morale was high and the number of new teachers entering the profession was "extremely encouraging".
		"Peter Peacock has been the longest serving education minister under devolution and well respected in education circles and in the Parliament," she said.
		Ronnie Smith, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland, said: "Under his leadership, Scottish education has moved forward significantly, with a high degree of consensus.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/6146884.stm (685 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Education \| Second HE union holds pay ballot
		The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is due to send out ballot papers during the next few days.
		Among its higher education sector membership, the EIS mainly represents staff at former polytechnics, which became universities in 1992.
		The EIS, which has several thousand members in the higher education sector, said it would not comment until the results of its ballot were known.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/3501848.stm (362 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - Teaching union calls for children's charter
		The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said smaller classes, better school buildings and greater rights for disadvantaged or special-needs pupils would be potential gains if children are granted new powers.
		The institute added that greater recognition for the rights of the majority to learn in classes which are not disrupted by unruly behaviour could also be derived from a charter.
		Commenting on the impact of disruptive behaviour on the education of the majority of pupils, he said: "The right of pupils to learn and develop in classes and in an environment where rules of discipline are understood and respected by all is of paramount importance."
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=1417042003 (595 words)

	Scotland’s cultural leaders unite in outcry over Ay family’s treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Euan Davidson, director of the Prince’s Trust in Scotland, was one of many voices from Scottish charities to express “unequivocal” objec tions to the detention of children, as did Sheila Ramsay, head of children’s services for Barnardo’s Scotland, and Liz Nicholson, director of Shelter Scotland.
		Ronnie Smith, general secretary of teachers’ union the Educational Institute of Scotland, said: “There is a strong push that every child should be educated in mainstream education.
		Iain McMillan, director of CBI Scotland, said the plight of the detained children was “very sad”, but said: “I don’t think the Executive should have been criticised in the way they have been.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=4173 (1681 words)

	Fury at pro-GM school magazines Rob Edwards Sunday Herald (Scotland) 15apr01
		The "infiltration" of industry into the curriculum worried the Educational Institute of Scotland, the trade union representing teachers.
		The institute's general secretary, Ronnie Smith, wanted Scottish Enterprise and HM Inspectorate of Education to exercise more critical judgement, and urged teachers to do the same.
		The institute was founded two years ago in Pennsylvania to promote public understanding of GM science.
	www.mindfully.org /GE/GE2/Biotech-And-You-Scotland.htm (780 words)

	EIS Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The EIS is clear that a reduction in class sizes is vital if Scottish education is to continue to improve.
		Education International (EI), based in Brussels, is the world’s largest Global Union Federation and its European region represents around 140 teacher organisations in 41 European countries.
		If we are to successfully deliver a streamlined curriculum which will meet the needs of all of Scotland’s young people, then education authorities must work constructively with classroom teachers rather than attempting to prescribe change from on-high.
	www.eis.org.uk (1001 words)

	CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: CANE AND TAWSE IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS
		Generally, however, the tawse in Scotland was given on the hands, often - contrary to the usual practice with the cane in England - in front of the class.
		And it was applied remarkably frequently: a 1977 survey by the Educational Institute of Scotland (the teachers' trade union) found that 36% of 12-to-15- year-old boys were belted at least once in 10 school days; 21% of these were strapped three or more times in the same period.
		Fettes is often considered "Scotland's Eton", though it is a Victorian and not a mediaeval institution.
	www.corpun.com /scotland.htm (2740 words)

	English-Speaking Union Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The English-Speaking Union Scotland (ESU Scotland) is an educational Scottish charity whose purpose, shared with the English-Speaking Union internationally, is to promote international understanding and human achievements through the widening use of the English language throughout the world.
		As well as this ESU Scotland offers coaching support to branches and ESUs all over the world and is closely involved with the Scotland Schools Debating Team which competes in the World Schools Debating Championships each year.
		ESU Scotland also runs The Call Service, an annual service at the Call Statue in Princes Street Gardens which was erected by Americans of Scottish descent to commemorate Scots who gave their lives during the Great War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English-Speaking_Union_Scotland (1170 words)

	Annie Sullivan biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Throughout Helen's formal education and after, Miss Sullivan was often viewed with suspicion and speculation: many believed that Anne was trying to control Keller or use Keller.
		Eventually, Miss Sullivan's own eyesight failed her but toward the end of her life received recognition from Temple University, the Educational Institute of Scotland, and the Roosevelt Memorial foundation for her tireless teaching and commitment to Helen Keller.
		Her papers are held at the Perkins Institute for the Blind, Watertown, Mass; American Antiquarian Society, Worchester, Mass; and the Volta Bureau in Washington, D.C. This page may be cited as:
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/sull-ann.htm (537 words)

	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Education authorities have warned they will call in the police, and Scotland's biggest teachers'; union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), also has attacked the campaign.
		The pro-choice argument is being put forward without any counterbalance." Dowson said Precious Life, formed a year ago in Scotland as an offshoot of a successful group in Northern Ireland, acted strictly within the law and would continue to campaign.
		This is a democracy and we will not be intimidated by the authorities or the teachers'; union." He said the EIS union had passed a motion at a recent conference - even before the current school campaign began - calling for Precious Life to be banned from schools.
	www.lifecoalition.com /UK1.html (1094 words)

	James Maxton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		James Maxton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1885.
		Maxton was involved in the formation of teachers' unions in Scotland including the Educational Institute of Scotland and the Scottish Socialist Teachers' Society.
		He may be one of a large family, brought up in the same home, educated at the same school, and yet be as different from his brothers and sisters as he is from other men and women.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUmaxton.htm (1274 words)

	The Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Scotland's first police complaints commissioner is to be a former head of the country's biggest teaching union, it was announced yesterday.
		Jim Martin, 53, a secondary school teacher of economics and modern studies in the 1970s, who went on to lead the Educational Institute of Scotland and was at one time mooted as a Labour candidate for Holyrood, will take up his post next April.
		She said: "It is vital the public continues to have confidence in our police service and modernising Scotland's police complaints system and making it fully transparent for those who need to use it is an important element in that."
	www.theherald.co.uk /news/74721.html (313 words)

	EIS Education Institute for Scotland Highland Local Association Teaching Union
		Founded in 1847 The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teaching union in the world.
		In the wider world, the EIS plays an active and prominent part in the major teacher international organisation, Education International representing over 20 million teachers from 300 teacher organisations in over 140 countries and the European Trade Union Committee for Education TEUCE - (see EI website).
		The EIS too has contributed generously in appeals for aid, for example in developing countries, setting aside 1% of its subscription for this purpose.
	www.highlandeis.org.uk (292 words)

	Fury at Pro-Genetic Modification School Magazines
		The institute's general secretary, Ronnie Smith, wanted Scottish Enterprise and HM Inspec-torate of Education to exercise more critical judgement, and urged teachers to do the same.
		The most recent Your World, which the Biotechnology Institute hopes will be circulated to Scottish schools in the future, covers the controversial area of GM food.
		We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines01/0415-03.htm (914 words)

	The Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The demand came from Scotland's largest teaching union after a deputy head was cleared of assaulting a primary pupil by dragging him across the floor of the school dining hall.
		Just a few months earlier, Lorraine Stirling, 50, was found not guilty of assaulting seven pupils at a school in Central Scotland after a court heard a gang had made up stories about her hitting them.
		Following the latest verdict, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) called for new guidance from the Scottish Executive setting out how far teachers could go to tackle unruly pupils, many of whom had become "untouchable".
	www.theherald.co.uk /news/69065.html (609 words)

	Councils to consult on water fluoridation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		However, it has been opposed in Scotland amid worries that excess fluoride may be linked to brittle bones as well as to stomach and thyroid problems.
		Labour insiders admit that the precise legislative details are still to be worked out and that the scheme will often involve neighbouring councils having to agree together to investigate fluoridation because of the fact that some reservoirs supply more than one area and that water supplies are not under the direct control of councils.
		A spokesman for the main teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, agreed with the policy.
	www.fluoridealert.org /news/2684.html (275 words)

	scottish borders educational institute of scotland
		David Parker (SNP), the opposition leader speaks of "maladministration on a grand scale" and calls for the resignations of Education Committee Chairman David Suckling and Director of Education John Christie.
		- the Senior Education Officer in charge of nursery education attended a public meeting in Westruther and was told that closing the nursery there would be a disaster for the village.
		Director of Education John Christie and former Director of Finance John Campbell were both criticised.
	www.borderseis.org.uk /budget.htm (2021 words)

	: New protest against dawn raids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Robina Qureshi of Positive Action in Housing said the protest, which involved a blockade and dawn candlelit vigil, was to prevent vans leaving the centre to arrest failed asylum seekers.
		Members of the National Union of Journalists, the Fire Brigades Union and teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland attended.
		The blockade is the latest in a series of protests about the use of dawn raids to deport failed asylum seekers.
	scotland.indymedia.org /mod/otherpress/display/474 (150 words)

	Schools ban website that lets pupils rate teachers EDUCATION: ROW Sunday Herald, The - Find Articles
		The Educational Institute for Scotland (EIS), Scotland's largest teaching union, told the Sunday Herald yesterday that 26 of Scotland's 32 councils have restricted access to RateMyTeachers from school computers or they intend to do so in the future.
		The EIS became concerned the pupils' "grading" of teachers would lead to a string of defamation suits or possibly breach data protection legislation and wrote to the Information Commissioner earlier this year to ask him to investigate.
		The EIS would also like to "encourage" members who find comments about themselves on the site to let them know so that the union can "consider what action may be appropriate" in the event that the comments are defamatory.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20061029/ai_n16810779 (653 words)

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