School devices: Parents feel ‘press-ganged into something we don’t want and can’t afford’ – The Irish Times
Shortly before schools rose for the summer, Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton wrote to principals raising concern about…
Toxic masculinity creating ‘testing time’ for staff at Oberstown child detention centre – The Irish Times
Toxic masculinity is an “emerging trend” among male youths in the Oberstown Children Detention Campus, according to its…
Leaving Cert: History paper was ‘very challenging’; mixed reactions to French exam – The Irish Times
Highly anticipated topics appeared on this year’s higher-level Irish paper two yesterday, but some unseen elements of the…
Leaving Cert day five: Students sitting Irish paper two after surprise omission in paper one – The Irish Times
It’s day five of the State Exams with Leaving Cert students facing Irish paper two this morning, followed…
Leaving Cert day four: Maths paper two ‘will have pushed students’ comfort zones’ – The Irish Times
Following a mixed reaction to the Leaving Certificate maths paper one on Friday, students this morning resumed their…
Poem written by Junior Cert pupil’s mother appears in his English paper – The Irish Times
A Junior Cycle pupil in Co Galway got quite the surprise this week when a poem written by…
‘The extra points really mean a lot’: Leaving Cert students prepare to sit maths paper one – The Irish Times
Yesterday’s Leaving Certificate English paper two was overall viewed as “manageable” as poets Paula Meehan and Elizabeth Bishop…
‘Paula Meehan number one’: Students pin hopes on ‘accessible’ poet appearing in English paper two – The Irish Times
Thousands of students began their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams yesterday. Teachers praised Leaving Cert English paper one…
Have your say: should students with dyslexia get extra points in exams? – The Irish Times
Today is D-Day for more than 140,000 Leaving and Junior Certificate students as they sit the first exams…
Every time we take the easy route and let AI think for us first we risk weakening our brains – The Irish Times
Thousands of Irish teenagers will soon be sitting down to chew their pencils and write essays for their…
School dropout turned educator helps open doors for disadvantaged students – The Irish Times
Dubliner Brian Gunnery could not wait to get to get out of school and left at age 15,…
‘You apply for 100 jobs and 95 don’t get back to you’ – The Irish Times
Ireland’s growing headline unemployment figures mask a mix of age- and sector-related trends. But for all the complexity…