What’s stopping better information on schools?
A secondary school education is not defined by academic performance alone
School surveillance: Is Big Brother spying on students?
Some pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently prison inmates
Leaving Cert students’ stress levels ‘virtually disappeared’ due to assessments
School managers say there is a ‘compelling’ case for reform of our ‘dated’ senior cycle
Cyberbullying incidents ‘soar’ during pandemic, Oireachtas committee hears
Problem has become more difficult to monitor and counter
Stimulus package of €3.5bn likely to be lost amid fallout from PUP cuts
Inside Politics: Opposition will see phasing out of supports as opportunity to attack
Guarded welcome by unions and third-level institutions to new LC arrangements
Educational bodies say solution 'far from ideal' but at least gives certainty to students
Teachers’ union rases ‘serious concerns’ over delay in Leaving Cert
ASTI says it ‘will be seeking clarifications’ over rescheduling of exams
Students fear delay to Leaving Cert will cause stress and burnout
School managers urge candidates to take complete break from study over Easter
New initiative to link emigrant teachers with jobs in Irish schools begins
Moves comes as management bodies and teachers’ unions warn of a ‘crisis’ in supply
Schools may have to cut access to facilities in evenings due to funding shortfalls
Recruitment embargo on maintenance staff is raising health and safety concerns
Call for students in disadvantaged schools to get extra CAO points
School management body president says equality of access needed in higher education
Secondary school teachers to receive free training for foreign languages
Plan aims to boost number of French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian educators
Postgrad teaching applications jump amid supply ‘crisis’
Universities still seeking teaching applicants from maths, science and languages
Schools forced to hire students to tackle teacher shortages
Students’ subject choice and quality of teaching at risk, warn school managers
Secondary schools consider dropping languages due to teacher shortages
Oireachtas committee will hear schools are being forced to hire ‘inappropriate’ staff
State-run secondary school pupils may opt out of religion classes
Move aimed at reflecting changing student profile and decrease in religious belief
‘Extreme difficulty’ recruiting Leaving Cert examiners
Teacher shortages are most acute in subjects Irish, French and German, say unions
‘Collapse’ in numbers applying for teacher-training courses
Decline comes as mounting concern felt over impact on students of unqualified tutors
Teacher shortages risk damaging education, school managers say
Analysis: Acute shortages having major impact on schools, managers and unions warn
Pupils who opt-out of religion to be taught other subjects
New rules to ensure ‘proper timetable of beneficial work’ for those not studying topic
School holidays ‘unlikely’ to be cut to make up for Storm Ophelia closures
Official guidance indicates tuition may be prioritised over extra-curricular activities
Department defends decision to close schools for second day
Some parents criticised move as an ‘overreaction’ on social media
Where have all of Ireland’s teachers gone?
Children may have to be sent home from school or taught by unqualified staff
Secondary school pupils being taught by unqualified teachers
Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools says staff situation a ‘nightmare’
More than 500 schools shut as ASTI row rumbles on
Failure to end dispute over pay for new teachers could ‘derail’ State exams, FF warns
Hundreds of schools ‘may not reopen’ after mid-term break
Secondary schools may close on health and safety grounds over teachers' dispute
Secondary schools seek supervisors to keep strike-hit schools open
Parents in schools affected by industrial action will get supervisor application forms
Department to pay parents to supervise students during strike
Up to six weeks of funding for supervison to be available to schools hit by ASTI action
Secondary schools may close due to ASTI dispute
Teachers’ withdrawal from supervision duties could lead to widespread disruption
Schools may close if teachers’ demands not met
ASTI chief warns closures loom in September in escalating dispute over pay and conditions
Schools draw up plans to hire staff as cover in case of strikes
ASTI members to be hit with financial penalties for refusing to work additional hour
Homophobic bullying still major issue in schools, say activists
More than half LGBT people report being called hurtful names over sexual orientation
ASTI conference hears call for reversal of pay cuts of 2011
Teachers seek end to different pay scales based on when they entered profession
Junior cycle concessions carry ‘risks’, chief inspector warns
Department negotiator says school-based assessment needed for ‘21st century learning’
School management body accuses teachers of blocking reforms
Unions’ protests represent a ‘backward step’ for education, says community schools group
Teachers, O’Sullivan remain deadlocked on junior cycle reform
Minister for Education does not ‘think it is fair on students if we continue to prevaricate’
Refusal by teachers to assess students is a ‘step back’, says Finnish expert
Community schools back junior cycle reforms ahead of January 22nd strike
Secondary-school management is at breaking point
Change One Thing: Ferdia Kelly of the Joint Managerial Body says we need to re-imagine the role of principals
The budget puzzle: how many cuts to education, and how big?
A menu of possible savings has been doing the rounds. How might any choices from that menu affect students after Budget 2014 next week, when Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn decides where the axe will fall?
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