Irish teenagers getting weaker at maths and reading, new international research shows – The Irish Times
Teenagers in Ireland are achieving significantly lower scores in reading and maths than they were a decade ago,…
‘I was the first to benefit’: How Donogh O’Malley’s introduction of free secondary education changed Ireland – The Irish Times
There are few policy decisions that have shaped Ireland more than the introduction of free secondary school education.…
Most primary and secondary students refused to go to school at least once last year – The Irish Times
More than half of primary school pupils and two-thirds of secondary students refused to go to school at…
My daughter’s classmates have left for a grind school and she is desperate to join them – The Irish Times
Question My daughter returned to school last week to discover that a number of her classmates had left…
Advice for college first years: ‘You need to force yourself to go to at least one club’ – The Irish Times
Oscar Denvir is a fourth-year business and law student in UCD, and he knows that burning the candle…
Leaving Cert: All thoughts now move to CAO round one offers – The Irish Times
Last week was a big one for our Leaving Certificate students, with more than 70,000 pupils receiving their…
Leaving Cert students query free fees, Dare/Hear, and off-key music – The Irish Times
An issue that many readers have been concerned about since the State Examinations Commission (SEC) released Leaving Certificate…
‘Mum is in tears, she can’t talk’: Student who left school in second year gets 625 points in Leaving Cert – The Irish Times
The results are in and, for one student – who was one of our Leaving Cert diarists in…
CAO points system cannot be used to measure intelligence – The Irish Times
For many Leaving Cert students the summer has involved an anxious wait to see how many CAO points…
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…
Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages? – The Irish Times
The ability to speak, read and think in several languages matters more and more in today’s world of…
Northern Ireland’s education system fails children from disadvantaged backgrounds – The Irish Times
Policies to tackle poverty and economic inequality on the island of Ireland have been informed by decades of…