The Irish Times view on school divestment: painfully slow
A substantial minority do not want religious patronage and the State , has a duty to meet that demand
Hildegarde Naughton
Education: More than 20,000 ASTI union members set ‘to be excluded’ from promotional posts
Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference
‘My ability to work was taken from me’: Teacher still reeling from classroom incident
Episode led Sophie Cole to develop Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and become reliant on invalidity benefit aged just 30
Catholic school patrons open to change – but choice is theirs, Minister says
Government-commissioned survey found parental support for changing ethos in schools
Government departments are using AI, but one clear red line has been laid down
Ministers maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasks
Large number of parents seek shift to multidenominational ethos in schools
Almost three-quarters of parents with children in single-sex schools said they would like to see those schools transition to coeducational
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increases
Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis
Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resources
Minister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme
Minister for Education seeks several hundred million in extra funds and budget ‘reset’
Additional money would go towards special education services and school transport scheme
Underfunding in education
Minister might well reflect on fact that virtually every household in the country will be ‘not adequately funded’ this year due to energy costs
‘I had to lose my daughter for everyone else to gain’: Students told of consequences of Coco’s Law
Some pupils were surprised to hear that the law also applies to minors
Minister for Education defends projected department overspend of up to €700m
Hildegarde Naughton makes ‘absolutely no apologies around the need to make sure we are adequately funded’
Department of Education’s €600m overspend to be bailed out by other departments’ budgets
The cost of the overspend will have to be met from reducing spending increases elsewhere – a development likely to infuriate Ministers
Teachers fear being fired if they speak out about religious discrimination
Schools may take action to stop teachers “undermining the religious ethos” of the school. This has a chilling effect
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