We need a Donogh O’Malley-style figure to deliver on the promise of a reformed Leaving Cert
Broadening the range of learning and assessment at senior cycle has the potential to provide pathways for all students to realise their full potential
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Leaving Cert students cleared to use AI in research projects
Leaving Cert candidates must reference any use of AI tools or risk forfeiting their marks
Students deserve a reformed Leaving Cert that prepares them for the modern world
Plans to introduce more project work would reduce pressure and provide a broader assessment of candidates’ abilities over a longer time
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
Are the mistakes of Junior Cycle reform about to be repeated in the Leaving Cert?
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Children’s happiness drops as they approach secondary school, study finds
Landmark study finds primary pupils most often feel happy, good about themselves, cared for and safe
Why introduce a new Leaving Cert subject on climate action? Geographers have been teaching these issues for years
Inserting geography content into a new subject risks, at best, duplication of material and, at worst, the loss of a rich and long history of solution-finding
Leaving Cert reform plans may result in irreparable damage to exams’ reputation
Exam reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT
New primary school curriculum: the changes on the way and what they mean for children
Pupils will spend more time learning foreign languages, science and technology – and less time on religion
Sex education to be taught at earlier age under new primary school curriculum
Public consultation opens on the biggest planned shake-up to primary education in 25 years
Expelled from school at 14, now she is an associate professor in education
Dr Hannagh McGinley is just the third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the State’s history
New maths curriculum for primary pupils puts emphasis on ‘playfulness’
Computational thinking and financial literacy form part of blueprint to replace 24-year-old syllabus
New sex education curriculum reflects ‘real lived experience,’ says Minister
Revamped social, personal and health education programme launched for Junior Cycle students
Toilets, uniforms and pronouns have been the subject of debate. The school curriculum may be next
New sex education curriculum for Junior Cycle includes focus on gender identity
NCCA sets aside Leaving Cert Irish proposals
Draft proposals had included more difficult syllabus for those attending Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools
Primary pupils to learn foreign languages under new curriculum from 2025
New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for Irish
New primary curriculum: What will the school day look like?
Foreign languages, Stem education, wellbeing and ‘flexible’ time for school feature in new blueprint
Primary children to learn foreign languages and science in big shake-up to curriculum
Schools ‘may’ continue to give homework to pupils while teaching time for religion will be cut
Plan to move some Leaving Cert exams to fifth year from 2024 scrapped
Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’
Sharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabus
A number of Catholic bodies, while welcoming the move to update the curriculum, said the ethos of schools must be respected in delivering the programme
Pupils ‘encounter pornography once they get their first phone’, report says
New RSE programme for Junior Cycle in schools is ‘an important step forward in addressing the needs of adolescents growing up in Ireland today’
Primary schools to teach foreign languages as religion time cut under new proposals
New curriculum will put focus on wellbeing under biggest changes in more than 20 years.
Anxious, tech-savvy, diverse: A new primary curriculum aims to catch up with pupils of today
Less religion and a greater focus on wellbeing form part of a new curriculum for primary schools
TD and Minister for Education clash over sex education rollout
Fine Gael’s Jennifer Carroll MacNeill criticises ‘general responses’ and ‘lack of output’
Call for media moratorium on Leaving Cert coverage heard by Oireachtas committee
Press interest ‘undoubtedly’ contributes to student stress, exam commission chief says
Delegates at TUI conference remain strongly opposed to assesing their students
‘There will be safeguards and a balance to be struck,’ says Minister in speech
Seven take-aways from Leaving Cert reforms
Jury is out on whether reforms will end up easing pressure on students
Leaving Cert changes: Teacher assessment to trigger most resistance
Analysis: Examination reforms aim to modernise how children engage with senior cycle
What do you think of plans to radically change the Leaving Cert?
After a four-year review of the State senior level exams, major change is coming
Major changes to Leaving Cert will see students sit some exams in fifth year
Teacher-based assessment to feature with greater emphasis on project work from 2024
‘Ground-breaking’ change will give students role in shaping curriculum
Norma Foley to appoint student representative to State body for syllabus and assessment
Speaking in mother tongues shows heritage is a class act
Embracing diverse languages inside the classroom gives all pupils a great advantage
How can our schools tackle gender-based violence?
Education system is key to challenging and changing the culture of everyday harassment and violence
Clarity over this year’s Leaving Cert is due within the next week, Taoiseach says
Teachers’ unions call for further changes to written exams instead of ‘hybrid’ model
What are the factors behind a 73% drop in teenage pregnancies in Ireland?
Dramatic statistic reflects many strands of societal change here in past two decades
Parents frequently read to children despite work pressures, study finds
Vast majority of junior infant children happy or excited to be at school
Oireachtas hears criticisms of proposals for Leaving Cert Irish
Numbers of students seeking exemptions from the subject may ‘increase significantly’
Leaving Cert Irish reform plans could backfire
Opinion: Irish-language groups have good alternatives to inadequate draft proposals
Leaving Cert reform envisages ‘curriculum for all’ recognising broader student skills
Advisory report seeks to strike a balance between conservation and change
College entry to be based on wider range of students’ skills
Report on Leaving Cert reform envisages continual assessment, projects and modules
About Adam: The virtual hug that went around the world
After capturing the hearts of the nation, Adam is now the inspiration for a new book
Call for Leaving Cert Irish proposals to be set aside
Committee told specifications will not meet the needs of the various target groups
Primary pupils to learn foreign languages from third class under draft curriculum
Reduction in religious faith formation teaching under new proposals
Are we failing non-Roman Catholic children in our primary schools?
Some parents say they find it difficult to exert their right to opt their children out of religion
The suspension of Junior Cert exams in recent years is a cause for hope
The pandemic has opened a pathway to a more open and less prescriptive curriculum and assessment model at Junior Cycle
Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year period
Emphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written exams
Why are there so few migrant teachers in Ireland?
One in ten students is from a minority ethnic background, but this diversity is not reflected in the teaching profession
Leaving Cert 2022: No accredited grades, greater choice in exams likely
Alternative exams are planned after Leaving Cert for students affected by illness, bereavement
Languages to be introduced to primary schools on pilot basis
Pupils in more than 100 schools to learn foreign languages from third class
Open-air classrooms: Six tips for teaching in the great outdoors
With Covid-19, there has never been a better time for children to learn outside
Senior cycle needs to move into 21st century, says Minister
Overemphasis on Leaving Cert written exam is bringing stress and challenges for students
Secondary teachers’ to consider strike action unless there is end to pay inequality
TUI: Career earnings gap of up to €80,000 due to lower pay scales, conference hears
Syllabus guidelines are ‘recipe for disaster’, ASTI conference hears
Second-level teachers express concern at level of guidance given for some subjects
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