Naughton makes ‘no apologies’ for extra €646m in education funding after budget overrun
Department of Education is allocated €14.4 billion for Budget 2027, an increase of €712 million on last year
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Student contribution fees permanently cut by €150 in Budget 2027
Budget 2027 also includes a €56m increase in special educational needs support, including 2,339 more special needs assistants
Tackling education inequality: Social connections must be prioritised in Deis Plus schools
Newly appointed staff working with families of economically disadvantaged students can fundamentally alter the life trajectories of young people
College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes
Our system of admissions to higher education is designed to sort students into colleges and courses starkly divided by class
Child poverty fell by less than 1% last year, Government progress report shows
Rate of consistent child poverty fell to below 8% for first time but is still far from 2030 target of 3%
Justine Megan: ‘It wasn’t until I went to Trinity that I was diagnosed as working class’
Justine Megan: When Irish people have big ideas about themselves, you’re told ‘Oh, you’ve got notions’. We need to lose that
‘Poverty in itself is a trauma’: The Dublin school taking new approach to help pupils from deprived areas
Regular meals and an ability to regulate moods gives Darndale pupils a better chance
How the lives of primary schoolchildren changed during and after Covid
Irish children became less accomplished in reading and maths after the pandemic, with the gap between poor and affluent children wider than before
Irish children’s reading and maths got worse after pandemic, study finds
Gap between the reading scores of children in Deis versus non-Deis schools widened after pandemic, report says
How Irish schools are combating the decline in reading
Boys especially are reading for pleasure less than they used to. It’s a global trend. But there are ways to fight back
‘Like a dirty little secret’: How is AI being used in Irish primary schools?
Artificial intelligence has been compared to the ‘wild west’, and teachers say they need proper guidance
What can students from Deis schools learn from business mentors?
Mentoring at Deis schools for fifth and sixth years aims to inspire, motivate and give confidence to young people
‘I didn’t know anybody who had gone on to college and barely knew anybody who had a Leaving Cert‘
‘Our learners are as smart as people in mainstream education; they just needed the chance’
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