{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6655a16405d9ed0012fc800b/6aa3cbd27d9d1b167815fc6b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"SCOTTISH EDUCATION - NO LONGER BEST IN UK. WHY?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6655a16405d9ed0012fc800b/1789119231233-334b25bb-4f63-4eb0-a005-b5e1a5f84e2c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Poor marks for Scottish Education in PISA figures, Burnham’s referendum blunder and a bad week for the SNP succession hopefuls?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie examine Andy Burnham’s confusion over the route to a second Scottish independence referendum—and what it reveals about his command of constitutional politics.</li><li>Scotland’s latest PISA results make grim reading. Why has Scottish education fallen behind England, and are John Swinney and Education Secretary Màiri McAllan confronting the scale of the problem?</li><li>A difficult week for possible SNP successors Màiri McAllan and Stephen Flynn leaves John Swinney looking increasingly secure—while Glasgow’s new council leader Ricky Bell inherits a formidable set of problems.</li></ul>","author_name":"Solid Media"}