Explainer: why are second level teachers protesting outside schools today?
Unions want Leaving Cert reforms to be delayed, but Norma Foley says millions is being invested to support changes
Unions want Leaving Cert reforms to be delayed, but Norma Foley says millions is being invested to support changes
Second level teachers’ unions call for delay over plans to ‘accelerate’ senior cycle changes
New plans aimed at easing stress facing students in the traditional high stakes written exams
Reform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay deal
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
Principals point to range of factors affecting teacher availability, including housing costs, lack of permanent posts and length of time it takes to qualify
Most schools had vacancies last year, only one in five of those that advertised received applications - union survey
Any income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public funding
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Survey of ASTI and TUI members indicates overwhelming majority favour merger talks proceeding
Jennifer Clancy, a former part-time Spanish teacher at the Spiritan-run school, was giving evidence to the Workplace Relations Commission
ASTI event told key roles such as co-ordinators of education supports for students with additional needs not officially recognised
We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costs
ASTI teachers back calls for stronger laws to prevent online abuse and cyberbullying
Move could pave way for single union with 40,000 teachers at second and third level.
Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom
Reforms aim to reduce pressure on candidates by spreading assessment load, Norma Foley says
Teaching unions have signed up to a public sector pay deal by a huge margin of up to 85 per cent
Teaching unions’ Easter conferences get under way with debate around recruitment ‘crisis’ set to dominate
Staff shortages linked to high living costs will dominate teacher unions’ annual conferences this year
Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education
Judge rejects attempt to remove ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie from three-person panel hearing appeal
New union would represent 40,000 teachers at second and third level
Many secondary schools are unable to fill vacancies, affecting educators and their pupils
Second level schools forced to hire unqualified staff to fill key subjects, says principals’ group
Filling of vacant ‘specialist’ teaching roles – such as home economics, technology and woodwork – becoming increasingly difficult
Candidates with Covid may access deferred sitting, while those with a runny nose advised to attend
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Students and teachers are now united in opposing rushed plans that would create more problems than they would solve
It is time to look at subsidising homes for teachers, nurses, doctors
Calls for Government to consider another hybrid Leaving Cert instead of written exams
Majority of parents and students support hybrid model, surveys indicate
Students' group says State exams cannot go ahead as plans due to Covid disruption
Students have been ‘very vocal’ about disruption to education caused by Covid-19
TUI and ASTI say calls for choice between exams and predicted grades ‘unhelpful’
Department of Education says schools may use Covid-19 funding to supply higher grade masks to staff
Public health officials advise ‘no rationale’ for keeping facilities shut beyond this week
Unions and school management bodies to meet Minister for Education today
‘Harm’ of school closures on children outlined by Government rapporteur
South Dublin principal warns many schools may not be able to reopen due to Covid issues
Schools and childcare facilities to get €72 million in Covid grants
Teacher supply set to shrink further, school managers warn
Department believes ‘vast majority’ of staff will be vaccinated before schools restart
Teachers angry and dismayed at revision, but no threat to school reopening, ASTI says
You might have fairness on your side, but you get nowhere in this country without a lobby
Still unclear if planned reopening of special needs schools will go ahead on Thursday
Academic performance alone does not define a student’s secondary school education
Cabinet moves to delay reopening after 21 clusters reported during seven days
Teachers’ trade union repeats calls for rapid testing and contact tracing system for schools
Covid-19 committee to be told some teachers and SNAs being asked to reuse face masks
Members argue the union needs a strategy beyond resisting compromise at all costs
Critics claim the State is about to take a wrong turn on secondary school education
Some children could be at risk of losing 10% in their English exam due to a union dispute
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