Play safe and talk to Tusla. That seems to be the best advice to schools who find themselves wondering whether a particular incident provides grounds for reporting concerns about a child...
Huge levels of sleep deprivation among 11 and 12 year olds in a disadvantaged area have emerged in a new study showing that a quarter were not in bed before 11pm.
Bonus points in Leaving Cert higher-level Maths have not necessarily improved standards in the subject.
THE Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has voted overwhelmingly, by 92pc-8pc, to take action up to and including strike, to bring its long running...
Education Minister Joe McHugh was forced to cut his budget for buildings and other infrastructural projects, such as IT, by at least €19m to fund...
Pressure on the Government to boost third-level funding has ramped up after former UCD Professor Hugh Brady, now head of a leading UK university, warned how Ireland's higher education sector was lagging behind.
Former UCD President Professor Hugh Brady, now head of a leading UK university, has delivered a hard-hitting rebuke to the Irish Government over its failure to tackle the funding issue in higher education.
It's a big day for the 64,330 students from the Junior Cert class of 2019 who, like them or loathe them, are receiving their results. Among them are 19 candidates celebrating 11 As or their near-equivalent under the new regime, Distinctions, followed by 88 with 10.
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is threatening to cut its intake of Irish students from next year in the absence of an increase in Government funding for the sector.
The Department of Education has told schools and other educational institutions along the west coast to "err on the side of caution" in the face of approaching Storm Lorenzo.
Eight children with an intellectual disability have been told by their school they will be on short days for the next two years it has emerged, amid ongoing efforts to tackle the practice of...
Four in 10 buses, including those used for school transport, failed a roadworthiness test in the past year.
Senior gardaí student leaders, academics, health and addiction experts and parents are coming...
Eight children with intellectual disabilities have been told by their school that they will be on...
The number of late CAO offers made to Leaving Cert candidates who were awarded a results upgrade has more than doubled to 594.
Education Minister Joe McHugh was forced to cut his budget for buildings and other infrastructural projects, such as IT, by at least €19m, to divert funding to special education and the recruitment of extra teachers.
The education budget has hit a record €11.1bn, with much of increased spending devoted to the ongoing rise in school enrolments and providing resources for pupils with special needs.
Homelessness is a shocking reality for more than 1,700 families and almost 4,000 children in Ireland. Living in emergency accommodation or overcrowded, shared family homes impacts on every aspect of life, including a child's education, and may deny them opportunities for learning they will never get back.
Girls have kept up the tradition of outperforming boys in the Junior Cert.
Children's reading is suffering because of the amount of time they are spending on screen, education experts have warned.
History was never a compulsory subject for the Junior Cert, but it was as good as.
Education Minister Joe McHugh is pushing ahead with moves for History to be given special status on the Junior Cycle curriculum.
Panels of unemployed teachers are being appointed in six areas to help tackle the crisis facing the country's primary schools in finding substitute cover at short notice.
Panels of unemployed teachers are being appointed in six areas to help tackle the crisis facing the country’s primary schools in finding substitute cover at short notice.
The impasse over school places for children with autism in the Dublin 15 area has been broken.
Junior Cycle has never looked like this before. In the engineering heartland of the north-east, incoming first years at Beech Hill College, Monaghan, are the first to sample short courses, one in STEAM through Robotics and Programming and another in Film Making.
A review is getting under way into how the "design and build" system that was used in schools where structural defects were found is implemented in other countries.
Education Minister Joe McHugh has warned his Cabinet colleague Paschal Donohoe that if he doesn't increase the budget for school buses, they will have to pay for new school buildings.
Children are being denied lockers and access to daily school activities because their parents can’t afford so-called ‘voluntary’ school fees, according to the National Parent’s Council.
Global university rankings matter. Real or not, perceptions matter.
A new controversy is erupting over State funding for university researchers after Trinity College Dublin (TCD) dropped 44 places in the latest annual global rankings.
Trinity College Dublin has dropped 44 places in the latest global university rankings, in a further blow to Ireland’s reputation on the world stage.
A huge earnings gap has been exposed between male and female graduates in Ireland - with women lagging 28pc behind in the pay stakes.
The gap between arts education and arts in education goes well beyond two letters of the alphabet. The distinction is clearly defined in the Arts in Education Charter jointly published by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and Department of Education in 2012.
Primary schools are being urged to make clean clothes discreetly available for homeless children whose parents are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Despite being better educated overall - women aged 25-64, with a degree in Ireland earn 28pc less than their male counterparts, according to a new report.
The huge gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' in education is laid bare in the most detailed research ever on how postcodes determine life chances.
The simple message from the latest research on the postcode lottery is that a new approach is required if education is to be a level playing field for all children.
The Islamic Foundation of Ireland is applying to set up the country's first post-primary school with a Muslim ethos.
THE Christian Brothers are handing over the final €6.8m of their commitment to the fund for survivors of residential institutional child abuse.
Education Minister Joe McHugh is giving "active consideration" to the widespread practice of schools putting pupils with disabilities on short days, often because of behavioural issues, according to his spokesperson.
A row has broken out at an Irish-medium unit in a post-primary school where most subjects are now being taught through English.
A row has broken out at an Irish-medium unit in a post-primary school where most subjects are now being taught through English.
One in four children with a disability is being “suspended” from school through the use of shortened timetables, often to deal with behavioural problem.
It may be widely decried as a necessary evil, but there is an attachment to the Leaving Cert that has seen consideration of how to improve it go on for almost three years.
Education Minister Joe McHugh has amended the rules on setting up new primary schools to ensure five of 13 being established over the next couple of years will be Gaelscoileanna.
The Junior Cert results will be published later than usual and on a Friday instead of midweek, the State Examinations Commission (SEC) has confirmed.
The Junior Cert results will be published on Friday October 4, the State Examinations Commission (SEC) has confirmed.
The number of Leaving Cert candidates appealing their exam grades has almost doubled this year.
Five third-level colleges will share almost €100m for major building projects.
The second round of college offers brought good news for 2,513 CAO applicants, with many receiving a place on their top-choice course.
Teachers unions are ramping up pressure for a final deal to end two-tier pay scales.
Teachers unions are ramping up pressure for a final deal to end two-tier pay scales.
A further 2,703 college offers were made today in CAO Round Two.
A post-primary school has been forced to drop home economics from its timetable for incoming first years as teacher shortages continue to bite deeply.
More than 40 teachers have returned home from the Middle East to take up jobs in Irish schools as a result of the Turas Abhaile recruitment drive this summer.
A number of rural primary schools that were facing closure are reopening for the new school year under a new patron as the quiet revolution in Irish education continues.
Up to two in five third-level students are suffering severe levels of anxiety and many more feel depressed or stressed, according to a new survey.
A standoff over school places for children with special needs continues with a fresh instruction from Education Minister Joe McHugh to Dr Diarmuid Martin to open special classes in six primary schools under his patronage.
A stand off over school places for children with special needs continues with a fresh instruction from Education Minister Joe McHugh to Dr Diarmuid Martin to open special classes in six primary schools under his patronage.
Education Minister Joe McHugh is spending another €1m on the schoolbus service to cater for families worst hit this year by ongoing cost-saving measures - without approval from Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.
Major school building projects promised as long as 20 years ago are stuck in a logjam waiting for construction to begin.
For Manzi Joseph, the approach of a new academic year brings a mix of emotions: the excitement of taking the next step towards his degree, juxtaposed with the worry that he won't be able to register because of a lack of money to pay his fees.
It's been a rollercoaster week for 58,787 Leaving Cert candidates, and it's not over yet for many of them.
Universities are not giving any blanket guarantee that students who appeal their exam grades and get a late CAO offer in September are assured a place this year.
Congratulations to all those who received college offers in CAO Round 1.
A CAO applicant who receives an offer may apply to defer the place until autumn 2020, regardless of any change in points or entry requirements that may occur.
Universities handed out a record number of CAO round one offers to meet the growing demand from school-leavers chasing jobs in the economy.
CAO points for college entry have crashed the 600-point limit for the first time.
A CAO applicant who receives an offer may apply to defer the place until autumn 2020, regardless of any change in points or entry requirements that may occur.
Institutes of technology have made a CAO round one plea to students not to automatically accept an "honours" degree programme if they also receive an offer for another CAO course.
Girls have continued the tradition of outperforming boys in almost all Leaving Cert subjects.
The annual Leaving Cert Helpline got off to a busy start as about 300 students, parents and other concerned family members, sought one-to-one advice following the release of the results.
The Leaving Cert must be made more relevant for the 21st century, according to employers.
Education Minister Joe McHugh has revealed how his disappointment over his Leaving Cert results turned into happy story.
A well-deserved pat on the back to everyone who sat the Leaving Cert this year and received their results today.
As 58,787 Leaving Cert candidates get their results, expert help is at hand to work through any issues students or their parents may have.
Ambitious students are aiming ever higher in the Leaving Cert as the race for a college place intensifies.
The countdown to the Leaving Cert results is on... here are the important dates for your diary for the weeks ahead.
If a child has a learning difficulty, will these changes make it easier to gain an exemption in Irish?
Key changes in rules around granting Irish exemptions for school pupils are being rolled out for the new school year.
Growing demand for higher education and a housing crisis in the cities put university students in the eye of a perfect storm.
The Leaving Cert results and CAO offers are due next week and, as usual, the National Parents' Council post-primary (NPCpp) expert Helpline will be on hand.
A teenage boy who was expelled for bringing a knife to school as a show of support for a fellow pupil involved in a pre-arranged fight has lost a High Court challenge against the decision.
Parents of more than four in 10 college students fall into debt to fund their child's third-level education, according to a new survey.
Leaving Cert students of the future may no longer do Transition Year as a stand-alone programme but, instead, have elements of it spread across senior cycle.
An Irish student has carried off a global science award - including €45,000 in prize money - with a project aimed at saving the world's oceans from the growing problem of micro-plastics.
An Irish student has won a global science award - including €45,000 in prize money - with a project aimed at saving the world’s oceans from the growing problem of microplastics.
Irish primary school pupils are being educated in some of the most crowded classrooms in Europe.
Education Minister Joe McHugh is facing a stand-off with schools over an enrolment crisis affecting 40 children who have no place for September.
CLASSES in consent for school students have moved a step closer following a report by Government curriculum advisers on a radical overhaul of the teaching of Relationships and Sexuality Educaton (RSE).
A second technological university project has been hit by a wrangle over who picks up the tab for outstanding deficits, debt and certain other costs when colleges merge to form a new entity.
The growing demand among school-leavers to study a Stem course at college is taking on a green hue.
Thirteen survivors of child sex abuse in day schools are in line for compensation of up to €84,000 after a judge ruled the State Claims Agency was wrong to deny them payouts.
A RETIRED High Court judge has found in favour of 13 of 19 survivors of child sex abuse in day schools whose claims for compensation had previously been refused.
Up to 1,000 children a year are being forced to stay at home because they cannot get a school place.
More than 30 migrant teachers from 17 countries have graduated from a groundbreaking training programme that paves a route to a job in an Irish school.
The cost of sending a child to school is increasing and moves to tackle this rise should include free textbooks for all pupils, according to the Oireachtas Education Committee.
Women limit their ambitions around careers in science, technology, engineering and maths partly because of a mistaken belief that they lack the necessary intelligence, according to new research on Stem and gender at university.
Two ministers are heading up a new initiative to protect and strengthen small schools ahead of an expected fall in primary pupil numbers.
Climate action and gender were one of the topical issues on the Leaving Cert higher level Politics and Society paper, an exam that went down well with teachers. However, not everyone agreed about the ordinary level paper.
Leaving Cert classical studies candidates who studied the Roman Historians were at a disadvantage in yesterday's higher level exam, according to Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) subject representative Jim O'Dea.
The cost of going to college will rise to an average of €12,171 in the upcoming academic year for students living away from home - but there are big savings to be made by going for the "digs" accommodation option.
GOING to college will cost an average of €12,171 in the upcoming academic year, for students living away from home, but there are big savings to be made by going for the “digs” accommodation option.
Schools are now undergoing double inspections, weeks apart, to ensure that they are living up to their responsibilities in areas such as child protection and the delivery of sex education classes.
Not as hard as last year – that was the verdict of teacher Aidan Roantree on the Leaving Cert higher level Applied Maths paper.
Overall a nice paper with good choice and variety, was how teacher Ray O'Loughlin described the Leaving Cert higher level Economics exam.
The opening up of women-only posts in Irish higher education - which takes place from today - is not about keeping men out of high-powered positions, said Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor.
Out of the mouths of not quite babes, but primary school pupils, came the disarmingly pragmatic response to dealing with gender variance among their peers.
A particular focus on modern architecture helped to make for a topical and interesting Leaving Cert higher-level Design and Communications Graphics (D&CG) paper, according to teachers.
Leaving Cert higher-level music candidates may have been thrown by the first question on the Composing paper, said teachers.
Teachers expressed concern that Leaving Cert higher level Music candidates may have been thrown by the first question on the Composing paper.
Students had to think on their feet to solve problems while also getting their work done in the time allowed, was how teacher Pat Murphy summed up the Leaving Cert higher-level Design and Communications Graphics paper.
There were a few surprises thrown up on the Leaving Cert higher-level physics paper but overall teachers deemed it "fair, if challenging".
The Junior Cert wrapped up yesterday on a high note with "fair and balanced" exams in music, and students were treated to excerpts from soundtracks from popular movies such as 'Star Wars' and 'Harry Potter' in the listening comprehension.
