{"id":854,"date":"2015-10-02T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T09:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/scranblog\/?p=854"},"modified":"2015-10-02T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T12:24:34","slug":"great-scots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/scranblog\/2015\/10\/02\/great-scots\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Scots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our hard-working colleagues in the Scots Language department of Education Scotland have just unveiled their new &#8220;hub&#8221;, offering links to Scots language resources, guides to how to use Scots within the English language and literacy curriculum, and a history of the Scots language among other goodies. <a title=\"Scots Hub Education Scotland\" href=\"\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/learningandteaching\/curriculumareas\/languages\/scotslanguage\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">You can find the hub here.<\/a>\u00a0The 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