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Helen McEntee announces ‘largest national conversation on education in the State’s history’

Leaving Cert reforms ‘will hurt DEIS schools, but benefit those in private education’, teacher warns

Teacher staffing crisis requires more than measures on permanent contracts, TUI delegates told

Second-level teachers to ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms

Teachers on rising physical aggression in Irish schools: ‘I’ve been out of work due to an assault for 2½ years’

Reducing class sizes ‘absolutely achievable’ despite spending pressures - McEntee

Teachers to consider industrial action over proposed Leaving Cert reforms

Curb education ‘overspending’ before lowering class sizes, officials warn

‘It’s impossible’: Will teachers be able to stop cheating for new Leaving Cert coursework?

No other OECD country spends a lower proportion of GDP on education than Ireland. Why?

More students to get higher Junior Cycle grades under reforms

Sharp rise in assaults at schools pushing teachers to ‘breaking point’

Staff shortages, contentious reforms and chronic underfunding set to dominate teachers’ Easter conferences

‘You don’t really live’: Long-distance commuting teachers priced out of Dublin

New teachers will be fast-tracked into permanent posts to tackle staffing ‘crisis’

My son wants to study sustainability but has no idea what course to choose. Can you help?

Expansion of therapy services in special schools to start in autumn

Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity, teachers warn

Irish J1 visa students urged to be informed of potential risks of ‘activism’ in US

Lifeless vegetables, rushed lunch breaks, lack of oversight: How to improve hot school meals

Leaving Cert 2025: How much lower will students’ grades be this year amid deflation?

Concerns over nutritional quality of hot school meals programme

My son is struggling with his college course. Should he drop out ahead of his final year?

Hot school meals: High fat, salt and sugar products to be removed from scheme

Mission accomplished: Irish teens win top prize in Nasa space design contest

English language schools call for pause on new rules on financial demands for international students

High levels of burnout and poor mental health among teachers

First look: Sample Leaving Cert exam papers for brand new subjects

Feeder Schools: College progression rates updated after errors in data supplied by UCD and UCC

Sam the Trinity fox, immortalised in Derek Mahon poem, has died