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
Norma Foley
Norma Foley’s approach to AI in the classroom is breathtakingly naive
There is no incentive for students to admit to using AI and every incentive to cheat, while teachers have been woefully underprepared for a revolution likened to Gutenberg’s printing press
Concerns mount over ‘gaps’ in new rules for use of restraint against children in schools
Ombudsman for Children ‘deeply concerned’ about lack of independent monitoring and inspection of practice in new guidance
Leaving Cert oral exams to be held during Easter holidays over next three years despite opposition
State Examinations Commission advised Minister for Education Norma Foley Easter is least disruptive period for students
Kerry: Norma Foley (FF)
Added to the ticket in 2020 in the single constituency of Kerry North, she unseated sitting Fianna Fáil TD John Brassil
Kerry constituency candidates list: You can be guaranteed the Healy-Raes will be re-elected
Election 2024: Sinn Féin has solid voter base, particularly in the north and northwest of the county
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
Explainer: why are second level teachers protesting outside schools today?
Unions want Leaving Cert reforms to be delayed, but Norma Foley says millions is being invested to support changes
Students ‘cannot afford to wait’ for Leaving Cert reform - Norma Foley
Second level teachers’ unions call for delay over plans to ‘accelerate’ senior cycle changes
Phone pouches: What happens when a school locks its students’ mobiles away?
Minister for Education Norma Foley’s funding for phone pouches has been controversial, but the solution has proved transformative for St Raphaela’s school in Co Dublin
Our school admissions system is broken. Many parents are in for a rude awakening
Families who expected a straightforward enrolment process are grappling with the harsh reality of Ireland’s oversubscribed schools
The principal can’t sleep for worrying. If she paid all the bills on her desk, she couldn’t open the school
The top five costs for schools have nothing to do with education but just keeping the buildings heated, lighted, clean, safe and insured. And they’re increasingly unsustainable
Teachers to protest next week in bid to delay Leaving Cert reform
ASTI and TUI say school day will not be disrupted by planned demonstrations
Leaving Cert students may face single English exam, with project in fifth year
New plans aimed at easing stress facing students in the traditional high stakes written exams
‘Too many teachers in the Dáil’: Are they the most represented profession in the chamber?
Continuous presence in Dáil and ability to reach highest levels of power counter Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary’s claim he could not rely on them to ‘get things done’
Norma Foley was ‘extensively lobbied’ by company that produces mobile phone pouches, Dáil hears
Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of ‘trying to manufacture’ election issue over pouches
Mobile phone pouches ‘transformational’ and improved social interaction, Department of Education told
Schools with experience of pouches overwhelmingly positive, according to internal briefing
Ireland set to approve its first full Ambassador from Palestine
Cabinet also expected to approve new AI strategy and will hear of reduction in waiting times to see consultant
Tusla received no reports of Kyran Durnin missing school in two years since disappearance
Agency’s chief executive says decision was made not make reports public in light of ongoing garda investigation
Kyran Durnin case: Tusla review completed but will not be published
Gardaí believe Kyran Durnin is deceased and he may have died over two years ago
Kyran Durnin was ‘lost in the system’, says Education Minister Norma Foley
Fianna Fáil TD expecting a report from Tusla over the coming days into the troubling case of the child’s disappearance in 2022
Cabinet to push forward with final legislation next week, clearing way for election
Election 2024 countdown to begin as Ministers are expected to greenlight measures
DCU says viral video ‘misrepresents’ graphic material shared with secondary teachers as part of SPHE course
Viral video claimed students would be exposed to inappropriate sexual material under new curriculum
Dozens of pupils unable to secure school places using grant for nine hours’ tuition at home
Enrolment pressure at second level most acute in Greater Dublin Area
Teacher supply crisis: ‘There are times when we’ve had no applications for vacant positions’
Recruitment challenges mean vulnerable children can end up without vital support, says principal Conor McCarthy
Thousands of children left with unqualified teachers amid staffing ‘crisis’
Primary school leaders say difficulties filling staff vacancies is having a ‘profound’ impact on the quality of education
Concern over ‘competence and confidence’ of some teachers in all-Irish schools
Minister for Education urged to ‘urgently’ release draft of long-awaited policy on Irish language education
Government to provide €24m for initiative aimed at tackling educational disadvantage in North
Funds will be provided under Shared Island initiative with NI department of education to be responsible for delivery of programme
Female school principals face much higher rates of bullying and violence, study finds
Study based on data collected from more than 600 school leaders in Irish second level schools
Paschal Donohoe denies allocation of extra money is clearing the decks for general election
Minister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measures
Fintan O’Toole: Politicians are in a long-distance relationship with the consequences of their decisions
Take Ireland’s top manufacturer of insulation - not Kingspan, but the HSE. It creates layers of impenetrable padding between political decision-makers and the consequences
Norma Foley’s pouch plan acknowledges that phones cause harm. It may yet see her end up in history books
Plan signals mobile phones – and by extension social media platforms – are detrimental to children. The question now is what the Government will do next
Pupils will not watch sexually explicit material ‘under any circumstance’ in SPHE classes, Foley says
Teacher claimed in viral video new resources include graphic videos on masturbation and sex acts
Sinn Féin ‘border hopping’ on criticism of mobile phone pouches spend, says Norma Foley
Smartphone usage a ‘serious health and welfare issue’ for thousands of students, according to Minister for Education
The Irish Times view on phone pouches: a small price leads to big trouble
The pouches offer an opportunity to continue what has been a profitable line of attack over Government profligacy
Some Deis schools no longer qualify. This undermines the entire programme
Inequities in Irish education policy, which have been ignored for so long, will not be addressed any time soon
Anger as ‘paltry’ €2,000 incentive scheme for new teachers will be taxable
Teachers’ union says new measure will have negligible impact on teacher supply
All schoolchildren to be invited to take part in ‘folklore project for the 21st century’
Initiative follows ‘groundbreaking’ project of 1930s which captured thousands of pupils’ voices
Children’s exposure to harmful online content a ‘public health crisis’, says Minister
Stronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen Donnelly
Irish principals condemn ‘vacuous’ OECD review which missed ‘severe deprivation’ in some schools
Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say
Department ‘just waiting for me to die’: Letterfrack abuse survivor left with unfinished bathroom and bedroom
Martin Woodland was approved by Caranua for an en-suite bedroom extension in 2020. Four years on, he sleeps in a chair, urinates in a bottle and washes in the sink
Religious congregations have net assets running to hundreds of millions of euro
Figure significant in context of Government wanting congregations to contribute to compensating those affected by abuse as Department of Education indicates work on redress scheme will take time
Road safety classes to begin for transition year students amid crash-deaths concern
Twelve road fatalities recorded among under-16s last year as well as 48 in 16-to-26 age group
Leaving Cert students to get up to 50% of marks by creating video in new subject
Drama and film studies to be introduced to schools on ‘phased basis’ from 2025 onwards
Synge Street CBS is to admit girls for first time in 160 years and become an all-Irish Gaelcholáiste
Dublin school’s past pupils include taoisigh, presidents and high profile figures from media and sporting worlds
Parents to be surveyed on school ethos, gender mix and education through Irish or English
Some 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominational
Norma Foley vows school sexual abuse commission will be set up ‘as quickly as possible’
Minister for Education says she has convened a high-level group ‘which will progress the work that is needed to establish’ a commission
Labour calls for acceleration of divestment of schools from religious orders after abuse inquiry
Ivana Bacik emphasises need for timely redress scheme and says her party willing to work with Government to make this happen
School abuse commission has power to compel answers from religious orders. It should use it
It is time the State got to grips with the redress issue where religious congregations are concerned
‘Their childhood stopped the day the abuse started’: Almost 2,400 allegations of abuse in religious run-schools
Testimony from victims details instances of abuse in 308 schools, including special education facilities, spanning 30-year period
Government agrees to Commission of Investigation into sexual abuse allegations in 308 schools
No commitment given to setting up a redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse
Schools abuse: Almost 2,400 allegations at more than 300 religious-run institutions disclosed to inquiry
Minister for Education Norma Foley says level of sexual abuse at special schools ‘nothing short of horrific’
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
Statutory inquiry into sexual abuse of children at day and boarding schools agreed at Cabinet
Work on preparations for the inquiry by officials, including legislation to be brought before the Oireachtas, will begin shortly
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