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'I'm a teacher and while the school system isn't deliberately out to destroy people, it is broken'
Our time in a traditional school teaches us one basic fundamental: how to conform, writes a secondary school teacher.
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Nov 23rd 2015, 8:50 AM
Schools getting zero direction on how to teach kids through technology
Over the past 20 years, teachers have struggled to successfully incorporate computers and tablets into the classroom in Ireland, writes Fergal McCarthy.
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Nov 12th 2015, 8:00 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know this Friday morning.
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Oct 23rd 2015, 8:51 AM
15 times teachers were the real messers
Legends. All of them.
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Oct 5th 2015, 10:47 AM
Something strange happens to the quality of teachers during recessions
It also reveals how to attract better teachers into classrooms.
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Aug 10th 2015, 6:05 AM
Online backlash forces private school to withdraw JobBridge ads
The headmaster said he was not attempting to fill vacancies and was not as familiar with the debates around the scheme as he should have been.
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Aug 5th 2015, 10:36 AM
We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age
My inner space nerd was delighted to be accepted onto the European Space Agency’s workshop for primary school teachers.
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Jul 19th 2015, 12:00 PM
Teacher says her career was "destroyed" after phone in her bra set off prison detectors
She is suing the Irish Prison Service and Minister for Justice, among others.
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Jun 17th 2015, 10:18 PM
It's still legal to discriminate against gay teachers, but that could change next week
A Bill is being put to the Dáil on foot of the referendum result.
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Jun 12th 2015, 8:31 AM
Teachers' union set to reject new €2,000-increase pay agreement
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland feel that the issue of ‘flex’ hour contracts has not been dealt with sufficiently.
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Jun 3rd 2015, 2:05 PM
How do you talk to a child about death?
A new online resource has been launched to help primary school teachers deal with bereavement.
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May 22nd 2015, 10:58 AM
Sorry kids, no more mid-week holidays to look forward to...
It seems that the Department of Education and teaching unions have reached an agreement.
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May 20th 2015, 4:23 PM
A huge number of Irish adults are worried about not having enough money to buy food
A full third of Irish parents with young children are concerned about feeding their family.
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May 18th 2015, 10:12 AM
These teachers worry that a Yes vote could mean teaching 4-year-olds about the word 'gay'
A new group, Teachers for No, launched outside Leinster House today.
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May 14th 2015, 6:35 PM
Teachers to protest outside school gates today against Junior Cert reforms
Only a nominal number of teachers have taken up the new teacher training.
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May 7th 2015, 8:54 AM
Students protest after 16 English language colleges close in just one year
The latest one is in Galway.
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May 5th 2015, 9:43 PM
DrinkAware wants to educate young people about drinking but it's facing criticism
It’s funded by the alcohol industry.
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Apr 12th 2015, 8:00 AM
City kids are worse at reading (and their maths skills don't quite add up either)
Pupils in urban DEIS schools score worse in tests, but they are missing classes less.
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Apr 9th 2015, 1:00 PM
Teachers are being trained to spot the 'warning signs' of suicide
The model has been compared to learning CPR.
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Apr 7th 2015, 11:30 AM
Young teachers are facing an 'increasingly bleak reality'
Unions say half of all teachers under 30 are now on part-time work arrangements.
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Apr 6th 2015, 11:05 AM
9 unforgivable lies we were all told in school
We do not forgive. And we do not forget.
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Mar 23rd 2015, 9:30 PM
"I'm not talking about discipline": Minister won't say whether teachers will be punished
Jan O’Sullivan says she’s pressing ahead with junior cycle reforms, insisting individual teachers “want to get on with it”.
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Feb 28th 2015, 12:37 PM
10 homework struggles every Irish person will remember
OH MY GOD DID WE HAVE ENGLISH??
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Feb 19th 2015, 9:30 PM
Teachers are miffed Junior Cert details were leaked to newspaper
Unions have rejected the draft document but say it may form the basis for discussions.
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Feb 13th 2015, 5:01 PM
Opinion: Can we really trust that Junior Cycle reform isn't linked to the austerity agenda?
We live in a time of austerity – and education is being targeted along with other elements of society.
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Jan 29th 2015, 8:00 PM
Minister: Keeping data on students until they're 30 is 'reasonable'
The minister said she is satisfied the time limit doesn’t need to be changed – for now, at least.
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Jan 29th 2015, 7:07 PM
Poll: Should teachers mark their own students for State exams?
Talks on the Junior Cycle dispute are getting underway today.
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Jan 29th 2015, 10:11 AM
"It's not a holiday for us ... it will actually cause more work"
Who’ll blink first in the junior cycle row? Not the teachers, by the sounds of it… TheJournal.ie stopped by one city centre picket this morning to take the temperature.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 10:35 PM
Joan Burton compares Mary Lou to a saint ... but not in a good way
The pair have a history of clashing in the Dáil.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 1:24 PM
Mock battle: Students' last-minute plea to teachers as pickets begin
Members of the ASTI and the TUI are striking today, after the latest round of talks with the Department collapsed last week.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 9:12 AM
Taoiseach says teachers' strike is avoidable, but they don't agree
Around 330,000 second level students will have a day off tomorrow, as teachers go on strike again.
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Jan 21st 2015, 1:56 PM
Garda vetting of 36,000 teachers will wait until after new laws are brought in
The minister also wants fitness to teach hearings to be held in public.
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Jan 21st 2015, 1:27 PM
After no break in talks, teachers are going on strike again
Talks aimed at breaking the impasse have failed.
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Jan 14th 2015, 4:55 PM
Number of Irish graduates going abroad to get work more than doubles
That’s since the beginning of the recession.
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Dec 22nd 2014, 9:35 AM
Teachers unhappy some increment payments not in Christmas salaries
The delay is being blamed on a glitch in the department’s payroll system.
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Dec 21st 2014, 12:07 PM
Secondary school teachers are going on strike for a second day
Teachers will hold their second strike on Thursday 22 January.
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Dec 12th 2014, 12:58 PM
The forgotten voice: a student’s opinion of the Junior Cycle
In the bickering between unions and government, one voice is often lacking: that of the student.
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Dec 8th 2014, 8:00 PM
No resolution in sight for striking teachers
The action today has seen 27,000 of the country’s teachers taking industrial action.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 4:18 PM
Opinion: 'I want to support my students, I don't want to judge them'
Times are changing, as is teaching, but we can’t lose sight of what’s important; instilling a love of learning in our students.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 1:00 PM
Teachers are striking today - Here's why
The Junior Cert does matter, apparently.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 6:30 AM
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