Not so bonny
Scotland’s schools were once among the best in the world. What went wrong?
THE Royal High School, a state-run secondary in Edinburgh, is a good example of Scotland’s tradition of egalitarian education. It was founded in around 1128 to prepare children for a life in the church. In 1505 it was described as a “high school” in the first recorded use of the term. In the early 19th century it served as a model for America’s first public secondary school.
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