# education - Monday 10 June, 2019
# Childcare
# Childcare
Funding will be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other childcare facilities.
# education - Friday 31 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The university bribery scandal in the US shows how far some parents will go to secure their child’s college place, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
# education - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
# Leaving Cert Recheck
# Leaving Cert Recheck
Carter won a case against the State Examinations Commission over the recheck of her Leaving Cert exam.
# education - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
# Education
# Education
The July Provision Scheme provides funding for extended schooling for children with ASD and severe/profound learning disability.
# education - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
# International Students
# International Students
There has been a 45% increase in students from non-EEA countries since 2013.
# education - Friday 3 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Despite our policy of focusing on the smart economy and jobs in technology – no strategy exists to promote the learning of our brightest students, writes Colm O’Reilly.
# education - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
# Precarious Work
# Precarious Work
New research found the local drug economy – unlike precarious work – recruits young people by incentivising and enticing them.
# education - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
# Múinteoirí
# Múinteoirí
The expense runs into thousands for students who spend two months in the Gaeltacht.
# education - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
# Education
# Education
A new scheme aimed at teaching pupils a second language was announced today.
# education - Thursday 11 April, 2019
# Education
# Education
Burke is a campaigner, advocate and academic, and last year became a contributing editor at fashion magazine Vogue UK.
# education - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# Appeal
# Appeal
The woman, who is in her 30s, was convicted at Dublin District Court of neglecting the boy’s education.
# education - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Gaeilge
# Gaeilge
This is the first time such a scheme will be made available to students in Deis secondary schools.
# education - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Research
# Research
That’s according to a study published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education
# education - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Divestment
# Divestment
It was claimed earlier this week that pupils would not celebrate Christmas at Educate Together schools.
# education - Thursday 4 April, 2019
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
It has been claimed that a move away from Catholic patronage in schools means these holidays would no longer be marked with events.
# education - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
It has been claimed by one gaelscoil that Irish greetings like dia duit would no longer be allowed.
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The party is bringing forward a private members motion on the matter in the Dáil tomorrow.
# education - Saturday 9 March, 2019
# Cao Applications
# Cao Applications
A total of 73,034 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
# education - Friday 1 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Compared with other subjects Irish is not badly taught. More students got a B1 or higher in Irish than in French and German combined, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
# education - Monday 25 February, 2019
# Extra Curricular
# Extra Curricular
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
# education - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Education
# Education
The patronage of the schools was recommended by the New Schools Establishment Group.
# education - Sunday 17 February, 2019
# Metoo
# Metoo
There were no reports of sexual assault by students in half of Irish colleges between 2012 and 2018.
# education - Thursday 14 February, 2019
# Points
# Points
Three-quarters of students complete their courses, with women more likely than men to finish.
# education - Monday 11 February, 2019
# Education
# Education
The programme will allow an “increased cohort” of Palestinian students to study in Ireland, the Tánaiste said.
# education - Sunday 3 February, 2019
# Development
# Development
This new research suggests the advantages of living in a bilingual home begin from the very earliest stage of development.
# education - Friday 1 February, 2019
# Pay Issues
# Pay Issues
The issue has affected a number of substitute teachers who were paid in the first and second pay runs of 2019.
# education - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Education
# Education
Fianna Fáil education spokesperson Thomas Byrne has claimed poor training and insufficient pay was behind the drop in the supply.
# education - Thursday 24 January, 2019
# ISL
# ISL
The new Bachelor of Education programme is the first of its kind in Ireland.
# education - Sunday 20 January, 2019
# Support Our Secretaries
# Support Our Secretaries
A campaign has begun this year to try to increase school secretaries’ pay – but is it so varied in the first place?
# education - Friday 18 January, 2019
# Higher Education
# Higher Education
New figures show that Ireland’s undergraduate population has grown by 8% over the last five years.
# education - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Education
# Education
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
# education - Wednesday 16 January, 2019
# Screen Time
# Screen Time
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
# education - Saturday 12 January, 2019
# BTYSTE
# BTYSTE
More than 4,200 students entered the competition this year.
# education - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Teaching
# Teaching
In other countries excessive bureaucracy has led to the demoralisation of teachers, writes ASTI President Breda Lynch.
# Opinion
# Opinion
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
# education - Monday 7 January, 2019
# Survey
# Survey
Despite this, just under 80% of principals, deputy principals and teachers do not believe that a teacher should correct their own students’ exams.
# education - Saturday 5 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘Brexit is a tangible manifestation of the enduring power of idealised versions of history to lead otherwise well-meaning and right-thinking people astray,’ writes Matthew Murphy.
# education - Friday 4 January, 2019
# Public Consultation
# Public Consultation
Over 2,100 responses were submitted in the weeks before Christmas, so the government has extended the deadline for submissions.
# education - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Equal Pay Equal Work
# Equal Pay Equal Work
“I was in the dole office before Christmas to sign on, and it takes ages each year,” one school secretary said.
# education - Sunday 30 December, 2018
# Column
# Column
New Bliain, New You.
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