Our latest progressive reform only applies, it should be noted, to those schools which are fully under the control of the state. If your child attends a diocesan school, then he or she will still be able to learn in a classroom adorned with religious symbols, and will still have a graduation mass, and all […]
To listen to the Government, one might think that the latest surge in Coronavirus cases was coming from just about everywhere except for schools. Talk to teachers, however, and you’ll find that there is great concern that many of the cases are connected to education, and are not being reported. Gript spoke to four teachers […]
On Saturday, the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (ASTI) decided at a meeting of its national executive to ballot its members on strike action. Although part of this concerns the on-going and legitimate concern over the status and pay grades of some teachers, it is evident that the main issue is the re-opening of […]
“So will they be sent home if they refuse to wear the mask?”, asked Richard Downes on Prime Time last night. “Yes absolutely, everybody is expected to wear the mask” replied the Minister for Education, Norma Foley. Good news, if, like me, you are the husband of a teacher, or indeed if you are a […]
With Irish schools set to re-open in less than a month, and concern about the recent rise in the number of Coronavirus cases in the country, some welcome good news has emerged from an Australian study which suggests that the risk of virus transmission in schools is very low – as long as counter measures […]
The plan to re-open schools was released yesterday to great fanfare, and contains lots of big announcements, which are neatly summarised here, courtesy of the journal.ie: 1,080 extra teachers will be added to post-primary schools at a cost of €53 million to help reduce class sizes. Additional substitution, supervision, guidance counsellors and psychologists will also […]
Judging by the headlines of all the major papers and news websites this morning, there is mounting fear and anger in the country at the prospect that schools – primary schools in particular – may not be able to re-open as normal in September. On the face of it, the anger and confusion is justified. […]
A leaked document reveals that new policies proposed for schools in the England and Wales will allow male pupils who change gender to use female changing rooms, amongst other changes.
The videos also include explanations by other teachers of how male and female may be the sex one is born with, but gender is determined by what the person feels inside.
With three Muslim primary schools already present, Dublin will become the first county to have a secondary school with an Islamic ethos if the application by the Islamic Foundation is accepted by the Department of Education.
Under proposals being considered by the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), single-sex schools might soon be forced to admit transgender students on a “case-by-case” basis.
The numbers suggest that the government’s push for divestment may not always be matched by what parents want for their children.