Six ways Covid-19 will reshape education
As teacher union conferences are held, many want to retain gains made during pandemic
Give me a crash course in... Leaving Cert reform
Some exams will take place in fifth year – but bigger reforms will take years to deliver
Q&A: What changes to public health rules come into effect from Monday?
The majority of remaining public health restrictions are lifted from February 28th
Teaching ‘crisis’: Leaving Cert oral exams may switch to Easter break
Covid-driven teacher shortage prompts steps including possible return of retired staff
Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year period
Emphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written exams
High-scoring Leaving Cert students may miss out on preferred CAO courses
Points for high-demand courses set to surge on record-breaking results during pandemic
Micheál Martin: ‘You will always say you have the kids you lost’
Parenting in My Shoes: The Taoiseach on coping with the grief of two children dying
Teachers believe remote learning has led some students to disengage
Extra supports will be needed next year to assist vulnerable students, survey finds
Teacher unions to debate industrial action over members' place on vaccine rollout timetable
Move will not affect the planned reopening of schools on April 12th, according to unions
Covid-19: Many secondary students may not return to school until April 12th
Unions expected to finalise return-to-school plan with Department officials on Monday
Proposed new public service pay deal backed by nurses, rejected by doctors
New accord very likely to be formally ratified by public service unions next Tuesday
Q&A: What is being planned for this year’s Leaving Cert?
Discussions focused on giving students option to avail of calculated grades and exams
Plan for second set of Leaving Cert exams for Covid-affected students under consideration
Advisory group to discuss options for exams next week amid mounting calls for clarity
Students could get Leaving Cert points for work experience
Draft report underlines need to provide more vocational pathways for students
Will schools remain open during the six-week lockdown?
Frustration is mounting among school staff over testing and tracing delays
Teachers with underlying health issues worried on safety – ASTI
School reopening has been ‘a joyous occasion’ says Cork national school principal
Teachers and school principals clash over ‘risky’ school assemblies
ASTI directs members not to take part in any large gatherings of students and staff
Teachers cast doubt on school reopening time frame
Asti says ‘mighty task’ ahead to get students back to school within weeks
Plans to reopen schools will be ‘massively complex’
Teachers union seeks Government pledge for extra funding if €375m package not enough
Reopening schools: €375m plan will see more than 1,000 extra post-primary teachers
At primary level each class will be a bubble and children will be in pods
Will all pupils return to school in September?
Principal says flexibility on physical distancing rules crucial if school to reopen to all
Government fears lawsuits over ‘calculated grades’ as Leaving Cert postponed
Minister for Education Joe McHugh admits there are ‘legal vulnerabilities’ with new plan
Schools to decide whether to hold Junior Cycle assessments in May
Students to receive State certificate to mark their completion of three years of school
Hundreds of schools closed due to strike action over pay
Two-tier pay system ‘discriminatory’, Teachers’ Union of Ireland says
Retired teachers returning to work to ease recruitment crisis
Some 1,600 retired teachers returned to teaching last year, up from 537 in 2013-2014
Teacher denied proper disciplinary process after claim he called pupil ‘a little bitch’
Pierce Dillon worked at Catholic University School on Leeson Street, Dublin at the time
Ireland, 1984: A year of fierce debates and ‘mounting evils’
From the Archives: Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984
Leaving and Junior Cert exams begin amid spike in student anxiety levels
Minister for Education says changes to this year’s exams aim to reduce stress levels
ASTI to drop penalties against teachers who want to rejoin
Union lost almost 2,000 members last year during campagin of industrial action
Bruton accused of ‘blaming’ trade unions for two-tier pay gaps
Lower payscales for new entrant teachers set to dominate teachers’ conferences this week
Leaving Cert leads to ‘devastating’ stress among students
National Parents’ Council says reforms needed for a fairer form of assessment
Cutting holidays to make up time unfair, say schools
Department of Education allows three days holidays to be used for tuition
Poaching row raises tensions between teachers’ unions
Analysis: Some ASTI branches lost up to a third of their members in last year’s dispute
Teachers warn of ‘crisis point’ staff shortages
Pupils left without qualified teachers, Oireachtas committee hears
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