Reviews the significance of independent schools in Scotland, describing the distribution of pupils in independent schools according to region and age groups and showing that the proportion of pupils in these schools is far larger than generally reported. Explores the role of independent schools in educating Scotland's elite. (JHZ)

Examines a family literacy program based in a disadvantaged area of Scotland, to show how deficit views of children and their parents (feeling that one's own ways of speaking and writing are "wrong") might be challenged and overcome so that real learning can take place, learning that focuses on people's strengths and different types of…

The results of an evaluation of an educational home visiting (EHV) program in Scotland that utilized home visitors (attached to nursery schools) to promote parents' involvement in their children's educational development are presented in this report. Two assessment strategies were employed. One strategy (S1) was used to investigate the practical…