Corruption claims should not halt junior cycle reformJan O’Sullivan rejects Fintan O’Toole’s view that ‘teachers should not be trusted to mark their students’Fri Nov 28 2014 - 08:24
School league tables: Which schools have improved the most?Schools in disadvantaged areas are seeing a rise in the number of students progressing to college but inequalities still remain. For more analysis see the full tables in today's newspaperThu Nov 27 2014 - 06:00
Principals told to close schools for a day in junior cycle protestStrike set to go ahead next Tuesday as unions and Minister blame each otherTue Nov 25 2014 - 22:02
Primary schools welcome restoration of €28m repairs fundGrant paid to all with permanent recognition abolished in 2012 due to budget cutbacksTue Nov 25 2014 - 17:40
Are the days of feminism numbered?More men are claiming to be feminists but what does that mean for the philosophy?Tue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Fears for diversity of future staffroomsEarly findings of a national survey on diversity in initial teacher education raise concerns over a possible impact on the socioeconomic make-up of future staffsTue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Teacher unions under pressure within schools to call off strikeGrowing disquiet among teachers and principals over unions’ negotiating strategyTue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Fee-paying schools step up campaign against admissions billNew law seeks to make admissions policies fairer and more transparentMon Nov 24 2014 - 01:01
Department shelves plan for teacher performance reviewsIreland out of line in having ‘no procedure’ for assessing teachers’ competence, say officialsSat Nov 22 2014 - 05:28
How good are our teachers?Ireland has some great teachers. But is our teaching profession meeting the highest international standards? And can parents measure teaching quality at one school against that at another?Sat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Classroom innovators: the magazine publisherÉilis Treacy, teaching principal, St Brendan’s National School, Eyrecourt, Co GalwaySat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Classroom innovators: the nurturerSusan Gibney, principal, Queen of Angels Primary School, Wedgewood, DublinSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
How to identify a school with good teachersFeeder tables, inspection reports, improvement plans and parent-teacher meetingsSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Classroom innovators: the Twitter teacherFintan O’Mahony, Scoil Mhuire, Carrick on Suir, Co TipperarySat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Autism: Parents warned of ‘unscientific’ treatmentsSchools are refusing admission to children with special educational needs, says studyWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Helen Mortimer mobilises parent powerIf the unions do go to the barricades over junior cycle reforms, they may find the new National Parents’ Council chief executive a formidable opponent in the PR warTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Has women’s thought been devalued?Philosophy stands accused of being the most chauvinistic branch of the humanities, with a 5:1 ratio of men to womenTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Teachers to strike for two days in Junior Cert rowStrike days planned for December 2nd and another day in JanuarySat Nov 15 2014 - 00:54
Future direction of the teaching profession at stake in Junior Cycle disputeAnalysis: Union resistance to school-based assessment runs counter to international trendsFri Nov 14 2014 - 15:30
Irish universities ‘years behind’ US counterparts in alumni relationsShift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’ giving is needed, conference toldFri Nov 14 2014 - 13:55
Waterford IT snubs Minister’s plan for merger talksWIT seeking to be declared university on standalone basis - against Universities BillThu Nov 13 2014 - 18:10
‘Voluntary’ school contributions over €250, survey findsPrimary level heating bills being paid by parents in certain cases, principals’ group saysThu Nov 13 2014 - 17:52
Dublin’s Science Gallery exporting model to IndiaKarnataka centre will be third member of Trinity College-based networkThu Nov 13 2014 - 16:50
Parents and teachers on collision course over junior cycle strike plan‘Teachers should have confidence in themselves,’ says council chairmanThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:03
UCD seeks to become ‘top 10 university’ for global engagementCreation of ‘global centres’ and curriculum review form part of five-year planTue Nov 11 2014 - 18:00
Junior cycle reform talks collapse despite compromise offerASTI and TUI secondary teacher unions pass ballots threatening strike action over changesTue Nov 11 2014 - 17:25
Cog Notes: Tales from the man who did Ruairí Quinn’s spinIt’s not quite a kiss-and-tell, but John Walshe’s book has some intriguing observationsTue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
Online service for students combats strain of transitionReachOut.com setting up new support website for third level psychological stressesFri Nov 07 2014 - 17:50
Why I love ... Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, by Jonathan GloverJoe Humphreys on a necessary remembering, a demonstration for all those crying ‘revolution’ that violence once unleashed is uncontrollable. What’s your favourite book? Send us your review of a title you love to books@irishtimes.com and each week, we will publish oneThu Nov 06 2014 - 16:51
Poorer students being ‘locked out’ of third level, charity saysSt Vincent de Paul calls for grants to be paid earlier to help ‘bridge’ funding gapThu Nov 06 2014 - 15:31
Waterford IT chair steps down amid stalled university bidFormer department official appointed to oversee planned merger with IT CarlowTue Nov 04 2014 - 17:57
Arts and science students feel ‘less prepared’ for the workplaceOver a quarter of humanities students said they had ‘never’ explored how to apply learning to employmentTue Nov 04 2014 - 10:51
Former special adviser says Fine Gael ‘more insistent’ than Labour on State board appointmentsRuairí Quinn’s ministerial car driven at 180km/h to get to teacher conference, book disclosesTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Is the ASTI wasted on the young?Like other trade unions, the ASTI has been struggling to get younger members involvedTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Former head of UCD Hugh Brady appointed to Bristol UniversityThe ‘Michael O’Leary of Irish education’ begins his tenure in United Kingdom in 2015Fri Oct 31 2014 - 17:59
Nearly 75% of third-level grant applicants get fundingStudent body notes grants to over 54,000 to date a ‘significant improvement’ on last yearFri Oct 31 2014 - 16:43
Lecturers seek rethink on technological universities planTUI says insistence on mergers ‘is more related to rationalisation’ than academic meritThu Oct 30 2014 - 15:11
Head of Irish school principals group takes over European role‘Quality school leadership is a prerequisite for good teaching’, says MinisterThu Oct 30 2014 - 14:53
Leinster College announces temporary closureStudents and staff face uncertain future as turmoil in language sector continuesTue Oct 28 2014 - 17:07
Cog Notes: Is UCD’s Confucius Institute out of step?In the US there is growing disquiet over China’s attempts to exert ‘soft power’ by claiming a footprint on university campusesTue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00
Dublin Institute of Technology staff concerned at lack of ‘clear vision’Employee survey finds only 35% of DIT staff consider themselves valuedMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:03
UCD opens Beijing office as Irish universities seek to expand into ChinaMinister signs agreement with Chinese government on UCD’s Confucius InstituteSun Oct 26 2014 - 11:39
Waterford IT told it will not get standalone university statusMinister for Education says institute must first resume talks with IT Carlow on planned mergerThu Oct 23 2014 - 15:13
Schools to get free access to Dictionary of Irish BiographyPrimary teachers complain of ‘digital apartheid’ and sub-standard broadband in schoolsThu Oct 23 2014 - 13:20
Department urged to reinstate language programme at primary levelModern Languages in Primary School Initiative closed due to concern about ‘curriculum overload’Thu Oct 23 2014 - 11:38
Has Waterford shot itself in the foot by pulling out of joint university bid?City has been campaigning for a university for 20 yearsThu Oct 23 2014 - 07:48
Waterford IT pulls out of merger with IT CarlowInstitute management to explain reasons to Minister in meetingThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00
Mediator appointed in dispute over new Junior CycleFormer teaching college president to chair talks after teacher unions agree to mediationWed Oct 22 2014 - 18:43
TCD declares ambition to tackle ‘global research question’ but puts rebranding on holdStrategic plan says TCD must strike a balance between innovation and Trinity’s heritageWed Oct 22 2014 - 11:34
TCD plans to demolish Pearse Street building for new student accommodationPearse Street ‘is becoming Trinity’s street in the city’, says provostWed Oct 22 2014 - 06:50
