Junior Cert drive to extend English exam by 30 minutes a hitOnline petition aimed at State Examinations Commission gets thousands of supportersTue Mar 14 2017 - 19:21
Schoolchildren hit reading and maths target four years earlyRevised education strategy to focus on enhanced numeracy and digital skillsTue Mar 14 2017 - 18:12
Ask Brian: My son in China wants to go to college in Ireland. What are his options?Universities offer a range of foundation programmes for international studentsTue Mar 14 2017 - 13:53
Various factors influence when parents send children to schoolFree pre-school year, awareness of child development and class sizes play major rolesMon Mar 13 2017 - 01:00
A snapshot of primary education in 2017Facts from new database of pupils attending national schoolsMon Mar 13 2017 - 01:00
English or Irish not mother tongue for 50,000 primary pupilsNew database reveals most detailed picture yet of national school populationMon Mar 13 2017 - 01:00
Children increasingly over five starting primary schoolFree preschool year key factor behind older age of junior infants, according to expertsMon Mar 13 2017 - 01:00
Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to studentsWhile current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’Sun Mar 12 2017 - 19:56
While we are busy apologising for the past we are creating tomorrow’s scandalsThe conditions that created the Tuam mother and baby home scandal continue today in the form of unaccountable authorities, misplaced values and warped prioritiesSat Mar 11 2017 - 06:00
CAO 2017: Demand for engineering courses drops despite skills shortageNursing and education also down, while law, construction are upThu Mar 09 2017 - 10:25
Four universities attain top 100 rank for various subjectsUCD leads way with positions in global top 50 for veterinary science and EnglishWed Mar 08 2017 - 01:00
TD ‘blown away’ at lack of accountability by school boardsJim Daly says school boards of management defend principals over parentsTue Mar 07 2017 - 21:27
Is big business the answer to the third-level funding crisis?Some academics worry that colleges are increasingly reliant on industry supportTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:01
Government eyes extra funding from business for universitiesMove may spark concern over close relationships between industry and educationTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Schools face shortage of principals, new report saysCall for creation of regional school boards to ease principals’ administrative dutiesTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Junior cycle students can avoid 10 per cent penaltyUp to 40,000 students must wait until ASTI responds to see if they can sit assessmentMon Mar 06 2017 - 19:43
‘Childcare is a huge issue for parents going to college’A growing number of third-level students have dependent children. But affordable on-campus childcare and other supports are hard to findMon Mar 06 2017 - 16:00
Quality of teaching ‘at risk’ due to teacher shortages‘Out of field’ teachers being used at second level due to issue, says unpublished reportFri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Shortage of teachers in key subjects ‘completely ignored’Schools report an acute shortage of substitute teachersWed Mar 01 2017 - 19:51
Free third-level courses to be offered to homemakersJobseekers’ programme to be extended to other groups to combat skills shortagesTue Feb 28 2017 - 01:00
ASTI warns against plans to make surplus teachers redundantIndustrial action increases chances of disruption in run-up to State examsMon Feb 27 2017 - 14:27
Students applying to study in UK drop 20% since Brexit voteBrexit report highlights concern among young people over UK university fees hikeMon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
Teachers face first forced redundancies in yearsGovernment risks escalation in dispute if even a single ASTI member loses their jobMon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
Teachers the subject of more than 500 abuse allegationsNearly 1,700 child-protection concerns raised since 2010, mainly regarding primary schoolsMon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
ASTI threatens strike action if schools let teachers goUnion members could be first public servants to lose jobs since start of economic crashMon Feb 27 2017 - 00:31
Trinity College breaks with 400-year exams traditionChristmas testing and earlier start brings college into line with most other universitiesWed Feb 22 2017 - 18:43
Exclusion from schools for religious reasons may breach rightsFormer UN official says schools need to accommodate diversity in their access policiesMon Feb 20 2017 - 22:15
Trinity College Dublin staff to ballot for industrial actionNon-academic employees to vote on action over access to permanent contractsMon Feb 20 2017 - 18:58
ASTI schools to lose out on hundreds of extra teachersVoluntary secondary schools will lose teachers, management and tuition timeFri Feb 17 2017 - 06:57
ASTI schools to lose out on hundreds of extra teaching postsPolicy which could give teachers financial incentive to leave union ‘under review’Thu Feb 16 2017 - 17:33
One in five baptised child just to gain entry to schoolSurvey shows 71% of parents think subject about ethics and all religions should be taughtThu Feb 16 2017 - 01:00
Hundreds of schools may close for parent-teacher meetingsASTI’s refusal to work extra hours means secondary schools may be shut for the eventsWed Feb 15 2017 - 01:00
Legal obstacles flagged over subject on world religions in primary schoolsCatholic groups opposed to subject on basis that it could undermine ethos of schoolsTue Feb 14 2017 - 16:43
Can social work system protect the good name of those facing false allegations?Analysis: Front line professionals say system is vulnerable to errorsTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Fifty years after free secondary education, what big idea do we need in 2017?We ask influential figures in Irish education on what needs to come nextTue Feb 14 2017 - 00:00
Disadvantaged school statuses to be reassessedMinister Richard Bruton claims new programme will be more accurate and objectiveMon Feb 13 2017 - 19:26
Irish gangs recruit children as young as 11 into serious crimeResearch shows drugs, alcohol and status used to entrap vulnerable young peopleMon Feb 13 2017 - 01:00
Schools could lose out in plan to fight disadvantageNew approach aims to identify more accurately the most deprived schools in RepublicMon Feb 13 2017 - 01:00
Most Irish-exempt Leaving Cert pupils studying European languagesMore than 3,500 students secured exemption from Irish on the basis of learning disabilityThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
Recession eroded progress on reducing class sizes, says studyPrimary school classes among Europe’s most crowded with almost 25% having 30 studentsThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
New figures expose class divide in higher educationProportion of grant-holders far higher among regional institutes of technologyTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
Despite ‘free fees’, are universities still bastions of privilege?Access programmes have failed to significantly loosen grip of better-off on top collegesTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
Are heavy schoolbags really damaging children’s backs?While many parents fear injuries, experts back benefits of carrying schoolbagsTue Feb 07 2017 - 00:00
Barack and Michelle Obama to be awarded freedom of DublinEx-US president and his wife will receive the honour following vote by city councillorsMon Feb 06 2017 - 20:21
Computer science to be fast-tracked onto Leaving CertCoding to be on new primary maths curriculum amid concern over skills gapsMon Feb 06 2017 - 07:32
More than one in 10 schoolchildren cyberbullied, research showsOnline bullying rates higher at primary level, says five-year study across IrelandSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:52
Exams body says Junior Cert students can avoid 10% penaltyUp to 40,000 students face losing marks due to ASTI dispute over reformsFri Feb 03 2017 - 20:18
Public transport users and schools face strike disruptionBus Éireann staff to stage all-out action as ASTI rejects deal in industrial disputeFri Feb 03 2017 - 01:01
How will the ASTI’s vote affect my child’s school?Q&A: Uncertainty looms for students, teachers and parentsThu Feb 02 2017 - 21:15
More disruption for students ahead as secondary teachers reject dealJunior cycle students face losing 10% in summer English examThu Feb 02 2017 - 17:21
