More than 800 children in receipt of home tuition due to lack of appropriate school places: More than 800 children with special needs had to rely on home tuition over the past year because they could not access a school or pre-school place which met their needs.
Una Mullally: Young educators face insecure housing or long commutes from the same kind of childhood bedrooms their students go home to. In April of this year, members of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) voted to campaign for a referendum on the right to housing, rent control, affordable student accommodation, and for the State to mass-build social and affordable housing.
‘It’s not fair’: Leaving Cert student who had epileptic seizure not allowed to resit exam: A Leaving Cert student who suffered an epileptic seizure during her history paper was not offered a chance to resit a deferred exam which takes place this month.
Religious groups to retain ownership of schools that become multidenominational: The Government has pledged to improve parental choice by delivering hundreds of multidenominational primary schools by 2030 by transferring the patronage of religious-run schools to others and building new schools.
‘It may be time to cap university places’: Can school leavers be convinced to ditch CAO points race? As CAO deadline looms, Government is sending mixed messages to school leavers over future career and study options. When Hannah Dowdall found out she had secured enough CAO points to study primary teaching in university, there was no high-fiving or Champagne corks popping. Instead, she began to panic.
Is free speech under threat in Irish universities? A UCD audit raises concern: Free speech on college campuses has become a major international issue. There are concerns about the influence of powerful lobby groups and furtive actors, including the Chinese government, on academic research.
‘It’s shocking’: Many disadvantaged schools will not have access to free school meals in September: Many schools in disadvantaged areas will not have access to free school meals for their pupils when they reopen in September despite assuming they would qualify for extra support.
‘My teenage sons refuse to engage with each other with any civility’: Question My husband and I have two teenage boys in secondary school. They are both very polite and kind young men in general company. They have good circles of friends and their teachers seem to like them. The problem is that they refuse to engage with each other with any civility.
Teacher challenges Teaching Council’s decision to investigate him over social media posts: A teacher has launched a High Court challenge aimed at preventing the Teaching Council from continuing with a disciplinary process over social media posts he made several years ago on issues including Islam, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
