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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
Welcome to Dublin’s new urban quarterThe biggest higher-education development in the State’s history will transform Dublin’s north-inner city. But while some locals welcome the change, others fear itSat Apr 07 2018 - 06:00
School places delayed as builder placed into examinershipSammon involved in several education projects including major Maynooth developmentFri Apr 06 2018 - 01:00
Student threatened to kick baby out of pregnant teacherTUI conference hears student wasn’t suspended for three weeksThu Apr 05 2018 - 19:23
ASTI to drop penalties against teachers who want to rejoinUnion lost almost 2,000 members last year during campagin of industrial actionThu Apr 05 2018 - 18:31
Junior and Leaving Cert ‘at risk’ unless examiners' pay increasedTeachers back 30 per cent pay increase to avert ‘impending catastrophe’Thu Apr 05 2018 - 13:28
Paschal Donohoe under budget pressure on teacher pay ‘red line’Independent Alliance and Fianna Fáil say that pay must be restoredThu Apr 05 2018 - 01:00
ASTI: Teachers express ‘total opposition’ to correcting Leaving Cert students’ workDelegates fear reforms will repeat the ‘dumbing down’ of junior cycleWed Apr 04 2018 - 18:03
ASTI: ‘Crisis’ in teacher supply undermining children’s educationUnion says students deserve qualified teachersWed Apr 04 2018 - 11:50
Parents to be asked if smartphones should be allowed in schoolCalls for outright ban follow rising concern over impact of technology on young peopleWed Apr 04 2018 - 00:01
Strike action by teachers could trigger pay losses, warns BrutonTeachers’ unions form united front to demand progress on equal payWed Apr 04 2018 - 00:01
Bruton’s speech interrupted by heckles at teachers’ conferenceAnger at new-entrant pay levels bubbles over at ASTI annual conferenceTue Apr 03 2018 - 19:51
Teachers’ unions threaten strike action over unequal payASTI, TUI, INTO ask Government for pledge by next month on ending two-tier salariesTue Apr 03 2018 - 16:46
Alarm at drop in ASTI membership to lowest in 15 yearsInternal union report shows number of serving teachers at lowest level since 1995Tue Apr 03 2018 - 01:45
Primary school pupils to get classes on sexual consentMinister to review sex education course to ensure teaching in 'factual manner in every school’Tue Apr 03 2018 - 00:01
Sex on the syllabus: Our outdated curriculum badly needs an updateSexting, easy access to internet porn and social media are redefining the landscape of relationships and sexuality for today’s teensTue Apr 03 2018 - 00:01
Teachers’ unions will ‘shut down schools’ if pay parity not addressedAlmost 24,000 teachers earn less than their colleagues for the same workMon Apr 02 2018 - 12:24
Two-tier pay: ‘It’s immoral, it’s wrong and it doesn’t make sense’Lower payscales for new entrants will dominate this week’s teacher conferencesMon Apr 02 2018 - 02:30
Bruton accused of ‘blaming’ trade unions for two-tier pay gapsLower payscales for new entrant teachers set to dominate teachers’ conferences this weekMon Apr 02 2018 - 01:01
Drones and robots feature in new school fundBruton says new School Excellence Fund is ‘step change’ in educationMon Apr 02 2018 - 00:01
People risk being sued for online comments on verdict, say expertsDefamation laws apply to online commentary in case of Belfast rape trialThu Mar 29 2018 - 16:29
