NUI Galway and DCU score top marks in European surveyTwo of five Irish insitutions get four As, putting them in same league as Oxford, says studyMon Feb 09 2015 - 21:59
Lecturers threaten industrial action at Cork and TraleeUnion has ‘no confidence’ in €6.7m merger plan for Munster Technological UniversityMon Feb 09 2015 - 16:46
Leaving Cert students in favour of exam reform, study findsMajority of final years want continuous assessment but Junior Certs less certainMon Feb 09 2015 - 15:57
Children’s digital skills don’t match their confidence levels, report finds43 per cent of nine to 16-year-olds don’t know how to report abuse online, survey revealsMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:00
New junior cycle proposals to be drawn up in bid to break impasseTeacher unions agree to consider recommendations of talks chairmanFri Feb 06 2015 - 18:34
New primary schools for Dublin, Cork, Galway and WicklowTwo non-religious patrons selected for schools opening next SeptemberThu Feb 05 2015 - 14:09
Universities sign up to gender equality charterColleges subject to robust rating in attempt to address claims of ‘systematic biases’Thu Feb 05 2015 - 11:00
Religious orders blame property crash for redress shortfallOnly €81m in cash from church bodies towards abuse compensationThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Jan O’Sullivan ‘committed’ to 50-50 split in redress schemeCongregations need to make up more than €500m to meet targetThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
College mergers will have to be done on a ‘shoestring’Third-level chief says creation of two technological universities to cost €30 millionWed Feb 04 2015 - 17:38
School drop-out rates at new low as 90% sit Leaving CertCompletion rate in disadvantaged areas rise by 14 points in seven years to 82%Wed Feb 04 2015 - 16:18
Second survey on children’s ethnicity after ‘White Irish’ errorOptional document will be downloadable from department website, education.ieWed Feb 04 2015 - 15:25
Cog Notes: Bullying in the staffroomAn INTO survey found 44% of members had been bullied or harassed at workTue Feb 03 2015 - 06:00
‘Multi-racial’ oversight on school database questionnaire admittedOnly ‘Irish’ category included on the school questionnaire is ‘White Irish’Tue Feb 03 2015 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Why Charles Darwin is a threat to religionEvolution would not have become so contentious had Charles Darwin’s findings come later, argues Prof Peter J BowlerTue Feb 03 2015 - 01:00
Talks to avert teacher strike end without agreementDepartment of Education asks chairman to draw up compromise junior cycle planMon Feb 02 2015 - 23:51
College points on the rise after 5% jump in CAO applicationsHigher birth rate will see second-level enrolment up from 338,000 in 2014 to 405,000 in 2025Mon Feb 02 2015 - 18:45
Teacher talks resume over junior cycle reformsTalks aimed at averting a third day of strike actionMon Feb 02 2015 - 13:31
Teaching Council to review application fees amid complaints over cost and delaysRegulatory body warns UK graduates that shortfalls in qualifications ‘are likely to be significant’Mon Feb 02 2015 - 01:01
Churches unite at St Patrick’s teacher training college in DrumcondraNew library opens next week under €50m development as college prepares for mergerMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:01
Students urged to beat today’s CAO deadlineCentral Applications Office applications submitted on time avoid added feesSun Feb 01 2015 - 10:32
Department ‘passing the buck’ on school patronage, says bishopOpting out of faith formation classes in schools ‘not practicable’ for myriad reasonsFri Jan 30 2015 - 17:18
National centre for school leadership to train 100 mentorsMinister Jan O’Sullivan announces training of leaders and defends database of childrenFri Jan 30 2015 - 06:00
Teachers strike talks adjourned until MondayUnions and Department of Education met for eight hours and may reach compromiseThu Jan 29 2015 - 21:43
Half of principals work 25-hour week during school holidaysStudy carried out for IPPN identifies ‘sheer quantity of work’ as biggest source of stressThu Jan 29 2015 - 17:11
New guidelines on promoting mental health in primary schools‘Listening to voice of the child’ considered essential for progressive developmentThu Jan 29 2015 - 16:48
Coláiste Eoin row: Schools need to respond on parents’ concernsPostponement of workshop on combating homophobic bullying drew much criticismThu Jan 29 2015 - 12:02
Jan O’Sullivan and teachers’ unions to discuss compromiseMinister hopes to ‘be able to find some space in which to reach agreement’ with unionsThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Should the State fund religious schools?Unthinkable: Children have a right not to be indoctrinated, argues professor of philosophy Desmond M Clarke, and schools that discriminate on religious grounds should not receive fundsTue Jan 27 2015 - 10:00
Cog Notes: The weird questions teachers are asked in interviewsA nun asking a candidate "what about the homos?" will take some beatingTue Jan 27 2015 - 00:00
Cork IT says ‘no basis for concern’ over allegations of misspendingPaintings of president and chairman commissioned for €22,000 in 2007Mon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Worries over €6.7m cost of merging Cork and Tralee ITsMerging institutes in university bid need to show more ‘loyalty’, says expert groupMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
How do teachers in other countries assess students?Ireland ‘unique globally’ in having unions against internal assessment for junior cycleSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Ban schools from seeking baptism certs for entrants, say humanistsChurch control of schools causing children to have ‘pragmatic baptisms’, says groupFri Jan 23 2015 - 15:58
Now the teachers’ phoney war is over talks can really beginHawks in the teaching unions have the upper hand but compromise is possibleFri Jan 23 2015 - 08:09
Teachers say report cards a way to end strikeUnions say solution possible but only if school-based assessments scrappedFri Jan 23 2015 - 07:52
Fresh talks planned for next week after teachers’ strikeMinister says parents and students should have ‘equal recognition’ in deciding policyThu Jan 22 2015 - 14:28
Minister rejects union efforts to limit scope of ‘fitness-to-teach’ hearingsJan O’Sullivan’s announcement marks her strong stance on key policy issuesThu Jan 22 2015 - 11:56
Fitness-to-teach hearings to be held in public ‘by default’Minister overrules Teaching Council’s advice on new professional practice inquiriesWed Jan 21 2015 - 16:32
Teachers warn of further action after Thursday’s strikeUnions defend decision to hold second walk-out without balloting on revised planWed Jan 21 2015 - 11:21
Schools have rights on ethos, says priestFr Michael Drumm says deletion of rule would undermine religious freedomWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Webwise aims to educate children about online safetyAn impressive set of materials is being made available to schools ahead of Safer Internet Day on February 10thTue Jan 20 2015 - 13:28
Unthinkable: Is mystical thinking a cop-out?Trappist monk Thomas Merton believed that silent contemplation was far from impracticalTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:07
INTO welcomes compensation award for teacher asked about ‘homos’Primary teachers’ union, which represented teacher, says discrimination is still occurringTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Teacher wins case over questions on teachers who are ‘homos’Catholic school found to have discriminated on grounds of age, religion and sexual orientationMon Jan 19 2015 - 08:13
Cabinet considered ending free secondary education days before bank guaranteeProposed scrapping of Junior Cert in 2009 estimated to save €24 million a yearMon Jan 19 2015 - 07:32
State may face damages claim over English language school registerHigh Court rules State acted beyond powers in setting up accreditation schemeThu Jan 15 2015 - 22:40
Teachers strike set to go ahead after talks fail to break impasseUnions say they ‘remain resolute in opposition’ to school-based assessmentWed Jan 14 2015 - 17:11
Primary results due to better teachers and extra resourcesInvestment in teacher training is a factor in improving literacy and numeracy standardsTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:01
Cog Notes: Roddy Doyle concerned about how Fighting Words might work as part of junior cycleHe and co-founder Seán Love advise against any form of assessment that would add pressure or take away from students’ enjoymentTue Jan 13 2015 - 00:00