School forced to send substitute teachers home amid staff shortage
A principal of a school in Dublin has branded the Department of Education’s response to the teacher shortage “a disgrace” after being forced to send home substitute teachers. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Tonya Hanly of Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School in Dublin 8 said she was forced to send home two teachers who […]
3 years ago
Varadkar says it “makes sense” for children to learn about trans people in school
“Trans people exist, they’ve always existed” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says it makes sense to teach children about transgender people. His comments come after many parents slammed plans to introduce gender identity lessons in schools. Varadkar stressed that teaching children, at both primary and secondary levels, about the trans community is vital. According to RTÉ, he […]
3 years ago
More languages could soon be added to the primary school curriculum in Ireland
Children today are growing up in a far more multicultural world than we ever did. And it is about time that education and curriculums caught up with that fact. Speaking on Newstalk’s Reimagining Ireland, a new series examining some of the changes people would like to see across a range of areas in a post-pandemic […]
5 years ago
Pupils at DEIS Gaelscoileanna do better at English than peers in English-speaking schools
The benefits of bilingualism. According to new research, students in disadvantaged schools that learn through the Irish language actually do better academically in English reading than their peers in other disadvantaged schools. The study, carried out by Mary Immaculate College (MIC), DCU Institute of Education and the Educational Research Centre (ERC), looked at 13 Irish-medium […]
6 years ago
Oireachtas committee calls for religion to be removed from sex education in Irish schools
Well, about time. An Oireachtas committee is expected to say that a school’s religious ethos should not be used as a barrier to the “effective, objective, and factual” teaching of sex education in schools. The committee will be recommending that legislation be amended to prevent the religious influence over sex education. According to RTE, The Education […]
8 years ago