Margaret Alcorn obituary (opens in new tab)

My friend Margaret Alcorn, who has died aged 78, was a “well-kent” figure in Scottish education. Starting as a teacher, she eventually became the City of Edinburgh council’s quality development manager and then Scotland’s first national continuing professional development co-ordinator.In that role she created a team and connected with people working on the subject in every local authority. She also led an international programme that resulted in the development of “learning rounds”, based on ...