Pupils step back in time at country’s oldest primary schoolSuits you: Powerscourt National School in Enniskerry celebrates 200th anniversarySat May 19 2018 - 01:00
1,000 extra special needs assistants to be allocated to schoolsIncrease in children with special needs in mainstream schools requiring supportFri May 18 2018 - 01:01
Are we sending too many young people to third level?Too many students with low points are falling through the cracks of the systemFri May 18 2018 - 00:01
Poorer students twice as likely to drop out of college in year oneConcern over males failing to progress studying computers and constructionFri May 18 2018 - 00:01
Exam students’ project work destroyed in Louth school fireClassrooms out of use as gardaí and insurance workers carry out inspectionsMon May 14 2018 - 20:10
Abortion vote: College campuses emerge as key battlegroundsStudents may play significant role in determining outcome of hard-fought referendumFri May 11 2018 - 01:00
Ombudsman says no justifiable reason to maintain ‘old school tie’ admissionsSchools to be allowed to reserve up to 25% of places for past pupilsWed May 09 2018 - 20:10
Catholic grip on education being loosenedAnalysis: Removal of ‘Baptism barrier’ aims to make school admission fairerWed May 09 2018 - 06:41
Q&A: How will ‘Baptism barrier’ removal affect my child?New school admissions legislation will impact on all 4,000 schools across the StateWed May 09 2018 - 00:01
‘Baptism barrier’ to Catholic schools to go next yearSchool Admissions Bill will remove religion as entry criterion for 90% of primary schoolsWed May 09 2018 - 00:01
Climate change measures for schools may cost up to €3bnGovernment projects it will spend billions on ‘energy retrofit’ of schools to meet new rulesTue May 08 2018 - 11:34
Removal of ‘Baptism barrier’ may prompt legal actionGovernment prepares for potential challenges to enrolment reforms for Catholic schoolsTue May 08 2018 - 01:00
Boarding schools in demand because of lack of screens – principalsSupervised study and sports mean students ‘don’t have time to waste’ on smartphonesTue May 08 2018 - 00:00
NUI Galway wins recognition for gender equalityNUI Galway and Maynooth University show ‘solid foundation’ in tackling gender biasMon May 07 2018 - 01:04
When the bell goes, the school building swaysPrincipal says St Paul’s has been based out of temporary prefabs for 18 yearsMon May 07 2018 - 01:00
Records show ‘major backlog’ of schools in need of upgradeBasic building costs have increased by almost 40 per cent since 2014Mon May 07 2018 - 01:00
TUI may face hefty financial settlement over ‘poaching’ claimsTeachers’ Union of Ireland told it should pay ASTI to make up for loss of membersMon May 07 2018 - 00:00
Who will pay up to €24,000 to attend the State’s most expensive school?Nord Anglia may well have a real impact in shaking up Ireland’s educational offeringThu May 03 2018 - 11:10
School abuse victims ‘stonewalled’ by State compensation schemeSurvivors’ group says claims are being fought ‘tooth and nail’ by Department of EducationWed May 02 2018 - 19:53
Age of digital consent to remain at 13-years-oldFianna Fáil and Labour attempts to raise bar to 16 years rejected by Oireachtas committeeWed May 02 2018 - 16:16
Schools to get guidelines on use of external groups to deliver sex educationStudents say they are not being taught key topics such as how to use contraceptionTue May 01 2018 - 21:01
Bullied students tormented about ‘weight or appearance’Sharp focus on body image, particularly on social media, likely to be factor, say teachersWed Apr 25 2018 - 06:00
Schools turn to ‘live streaming’ as teacher deficit bitesHibernia teacher training college reveals project running where classes taught remotelyTue Apr 24 2018 - 20:04
Shortages of examiners across all subjects looms weeks before Leaving CertState exams body asks school principals to encourage teachers to correct examsTue Apr 24 2018 - 18:35
Schools struggling to hire qualified Irish teachersStudents may be denied chance to study languages, warn school managersTue Apr 24 2018 - 01:00
Disadvantaged school near Wesley refused PE hall for decadesSt Tiernan’s is yards from fee-paying school at the centre of hockey pitches controversyMon Apr 23 2018 - 02:00
Project Ireland 2040 was changed to boost focus on regional plansTaoiseach’s office intervened on National Development Plan following rural criticismMon Apr 23 2018 - 01:00
Irish youths are turning to pornography for sex educationPoll indicates that young people do not find parents or teachers useful for adviceMon Apr 23 2018 - 01:00
‘I only learned about sex when I started to look things up online’Irish students feel that advice from schools on sex and relationships falls shortMon Apr 23 2018 - 01:00
Teachers who left ASTI may have to go back to former unionIctu finds TUI did not act in line with rules in accepting 1,070 teachers as new membersFri Apr 20 2018 - 01:53
Call for Saturday Leaving Cert exams to ease ‘appalling’ pressure on studentsAbout 70 pupils face sitting three exams in a single day due to timetable congestionThu Apr 19 2018 - 21:48
Lecturers to take action over ‘unsustainable’ burden of workTUI members in the institutes of technology vote overwhelmingly for industrial actionThu Apr 19 2018 - 17:20
Leaving Cert students angry over three exams in one dayState Examinations Commission confirms some students affected by scheduling clashThu Apr 19 2018 - 00:01
Almost 1,000 schools waiting for building worksFianna Fáil says school-building programme is ‘not keeping up with demand’Wed Apr 18 2018 - 18:58
‘We’re worried these children will fall out of the system’: Traveller school to closeDublin school fears students will drop out of education system without proper supportsWed Apr 18 2018 - 18:26
Teaching initiative aims to diversify ‘white, middle-class’ professionMaynooth University programme to support migrants, Travellers and disadvantaged studentsWed Apr 18 2018 - 09:44
Diversity in teaching: ‘I’d like to be a role model for other children’Jialimey Vuong wants to bring Chinese Vietnamese background to the classroomWed Apr 18 2018 - 01:00
‘Structurally unsound’ school still awaiting replacement buildingOireachtas committee hears concerns from principals over delays in school buildingsTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:19
Eurostat leaves vast third-level borrowings off State balance sheetUniversities relieved at EU stance as they owe hundreds of millions for expansion projectsMon Apr 16 2018 - 18:40
Meet Ireland’s Generation Z: ‘More ambitious than our parents’Proportion of Irish school-leavers going to third-level is 60%, the highest in EuropeSat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
Move over millennials, for savvier, healthier Generation ZThe first truly digital natives are conscientious, ambitious, and over-anxiousSat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
Forty-four schools to be built as hundreds of upgrades put on holdPopulation bulge sees new schools top agenda as 575 refurbishments stalledFri Apr 13 2018 - 00:01
School-building programme: where the new schools will goOver 40 schools due around Ireland, with places for 20,000 pupils to be built by 2022Fri Apr 13 2018 - 00:01
Cork secondary school investigates ‘rape list’ found in boys’ toiletsGardaí notified as Davis College principal says school taking issue ‘extremely seriously’Thu Apr 12 2018 - 21:30
Work on student loan scheme under way, says MinisterOireachtas committee urged to forge consensus on future funding for third levelWed Apr 11 2018 - 19:26
Trinity provost highlights ‘threat’ of social mediaPatrick Prendergast says ‘absurd claims’ have potential to undermine democracyMon Apr 09 2018 - 21:20
Minister urged to prevent ‘betrayal’ over Poolbeg social housingReceiver seeks to reduce number of social homes required on Glass Bottle site by thirdMon Apr 09 2018 - 20:53
When son born, NI role doubts vanished, says former US senatorGeorge Mitchell says years of talks before Belfast Agreement were toughest of his lifeMon Apr 09 2018 - 06:19
Surge in childcare demand drives applications for new facilitiesChildcare providers seek €30m from €7m fund for building and extensions costsSun Apr 08 2018 - 20:33
DIT’s new campus: ‘This is all about connections and making it work’Grangegorman set to host Ireland’s first technological universitySat Apr 07 2018 - 06:00
