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Education

FactCheck

FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?

30 Apr

9.3k

Secondary SChools

Opinion: Ireland is changing — our schools need to change with it

Jen Cummins

Updated 29 Apr

14.2k

110

Education

Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme

24 Apr

29.4k

junior cycle

Changes made to Junior Cycle grade bands to be applied to upcoming exams

22 Apr

15.5k

Education

New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'

21 Apr

20.4k

Reach For the Stars

Irish teenagers to address space experts in US after beating 26,000 other schools

11 Apr

10.9k

Stressed Out

Vast majority of teachers in Ireland suffering 'moderate to high' burnout

10 Apr

15.0k

teacher shortage

Helen McEntee tells Cabinet she's willing to compel schools to open special education classes

8 Apr

23.1k

A1 from AI

Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers

7 Apr

39.9k

The Morning Lead

The number of schools needing financial crisis help has increased by 540% in two years

Almost half of schools receiving financial guidance are Deis and special schools.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

4 Apr

8.6k

The Daily Poll

Should the Leaving Cert have fewer traditional written exams?

20 Mar

14.3k

Chin Wag

Oral exam in English on the cards for Leaving Cert students

19 Mar

17.1k

irish schools

Mass collaboration: The untapped potential of collective problem-solving

Kim Mackenzie-Doyle

25 Feb

4.5k

class sizes

Over 51,000 primary school pupils were in classes of 30 children or higher last year

25 Feb

5.6k

Education

McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September

13 Feb

12.8k

Phone Ban

Banning phones at school does not improve grades or mental health, says new UK study

5 Feb

6.1k

hot meals

Experts hit out at 'ultra-processed' hot school meals ahead of scheme's expansion

5 Feb

33.8k

Prefabs

Ireland has spent €86 million on prefabs for schools over the past three years

3 Feb

18.2k

Childcare

Opinion: When it comes to early years education, we're waiting for the Donogh O’Malley moment

Grainne McKenna & Dr Sheila Garrity

4 Jan

11.7k

The Morning Lead

Number of secondary pupils given Irish exemptions has almost doubled since before the pandemic

One in every 20 pupils was exempt from learning the language last year.

26 Dec 2024

26.7k

110

Education

State exam fees to be waived next year and cap on school transport fees to be extended

5 Nov 2024

9.7k

personal relationships

Secondary teacher: Pushing against the SPHE curriculum does nothing for the welfare of children

Eoghan Cleary

3 Nov 2024

16.3k

The Morning Lead

Norma Foley says there are enough special ed places for every child in Dublin 15 - but parents disagree

Two parents who sit on the Dublin 15 Taskforce, dispute the Minister’s claim.

Jane Matthews

1 Nov 2024

12.5k

failte ireland voices

Different pathways to success: I became a chef and lecturer despite having dropped out of school

Alex Quilter

31 Oct 2024

9.1k

Kyran Durnin

Minister seeks Tusla report on Kyran Durnin as Harris says 'structure' needed to find out what happened

23 Oct 2024

6.8k

Leaders' Questions

Taskforce needed on teacher shortage ‘crisis’, Dáil told

23 Oct 2024

6.0k

fire and brimstone

Niamh O'Reilly: Why do I bring my children to mass to hear how unworthy they are?

Niamh O'Reilly

21 Oct 2024

28.0k

136

FactCheck

Dept of Education says secondary pupils will 'categorically' not watch pornography in SPHE class

It follows the uploading of a video featuring an ‘SPHE whistleblower’ last week.

4 Oct 2024

33.0k

Education

Inclusive education: 'For learning to take place, students must feel that they belong'

Dr Maria Barry & Dr Malgosia Machowska-Kosciak

17 Sep 2024

7.4k

Education

Minister says portrayal of Irish family in now withdrawn SPHE book 'not the depiction we would want'

11 Sep 2024

16.7k

abuse in schools

Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders

Hundreds of people have come forward with allegations of being abused in schools when they were children.

Restore Together, an advocacy group for survivors, said any statutory inquiry "must be structured to reflect the urgency of the situation"

Updated 3 Sep 2024

47.4k

2017 books

Opinion: Reading is the best gift you can give a child

Caitriona Hughes

Updated 2 Sep 2024

11.7k

The Morning Lead

Dublin school intervenes after child with 'signs of trauma' is moved to Tipperary Ipas centre

The young girl was due to enter 2nd class but she and her mother were transferred to Dundrum House earlier this month unexpectedly.

29 Aug 2024

63.7k

Gaeilge

Irish language at 'crisis point' after 2024 sees record number of pupils opt out of Leaving Cert exam

26 Aug 2024

23.7k

Leaving Cert

Solicitor on Leaving Cert: I took the long route for my education and I have no regrets

Cian Moriarty

25 Aug 2024

19.1k

voices

Norma Foley: There should be no access to mobile phones until the school day is over

Norma Foley

22 Aug 2024

11.8k

Special Education

'He's going to regress': No school place for 13-year old non-verbal boy after months long search

Updated 21 Aug 2024

27.1k

Back To School

‘A small fortune’: Barnardos calls for all schools to introduce affordable uniform options

31 Jul 2024

7.6k

Education

Govt aims to 'significantly increase' number of Traveller and Roma children sitting Leaving Cert

16 Jul 2024

5.8k

credit union report

Back to school: Secondary school costs up €113 on last year, with parents still going into debt

10 Jul 2024

7.8k

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