‘We’re in a dire situation’: Parents fundraising ‘an average of €10,000 per primary school’
Capitation funding falls about €25,000 short of real costs on average, new survey finds
Q&A: Will survivors of historical abuse in schools be compensated? And who will be liable?
Initial inquiry found more than 2,000 allegations of abuse involving almost 900 alleged abusers at 300 schools
Carl O’Brien: ‘Why grade deflation for Leaving Cert students might not be such a bad thing’
Lower grades may mean lower points requirements across many degree courses
More than 1,800 teaching posts vacant amid ‘supply crisis’ for new school year
Second level schools finding it ‘impossible’ to replace teachers on leave across key subjects
Parents’ plan to raise €60,000 to employ extra teacher refused by primary school patron
First-class pupils in Clontarf school face ‘supersized’ class sizes of 34 after post axed due to enrolment dip
Hpat: Can students be ‘coached’ to pass aptitude tests for entry to medical school?
Tests aimed at assessing skills suited to medicine were introduced in 2009. Now, medical schools want to downgrade their importance amid equity and integrity concerns
New school admissions system for second-level schools to be piloted in five towns in October
New approach will simplify enrolments in pilot areas such as Athenry, Celbridge, Clonakilty, Greystones and Tullamore, parents told
Mother rails against ‘broken system’ after child with special needs shunned by 60 schools
Families say special education is under severe pressure and struggling to meet pupils’ needs
Q&A: Why do medical schools want to downgrade aptitude tests for college entry?
Critics argue that entry tests for medicine benefit those able to pay
Colleges to alter entry requirements for medicine amid concern applicants ‘gaming’ aptitude test
Latest official data show about 33% of medicine students from affluent backgrounds, compared with 18% of students overall
Carl O’Brien: ‘What every student (and parent) should know ahead of CAO deadline day’
Every year hundreds of students don’t get any offer - all because they never spotted a crucial email lurking in their spam folder
Carl O’Brien: ‘Are grinds really worth it?
Booming private tuition sector promises top grades but studies raise questions about its true effectiveness
Leaving Cert grinds industry: ‘Salaries scales for the top teachers can be 100 to 250 grand’
Teacher poaching rows and claims of ‘unsustainable’ wages are part and parcel of a highly competitive private tuition sector
Carl O’Brien: ‘It’s Leaving Cert holiday time: euphoria for students, despair for parents’
The silence may seem unnerving at first. No doors slamming, no mysterious thumps upstairs - but, then, something shifts ...
‘Uncertain future’ for students with mild disabilities over redesignation of special schools
Vulnerable children would be ‘pushed back into mainstream schools that have already failed them’, says principal