ESRI report finds strong appetite for senior cycle reform among pupils, parents and teachers

Research says working class boys are falling behind because of a fear of failure. What can we do to solve it?

Review may become model for how to put pupils at the centre of education policies

In Irish schools, middle-class girls thrive but boys from working-class backgrounds struggle

Extensive study on 19,000 children will play key role in influencing future State policies

Since the introduction of the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme, children are generally better prepared for the transition from pre-school to primary

ESRI study highlights significant gaps in skills and wellbeing even at age of three

Research on the merits of educating boys and girls together or separately is mixed

ESRI study shows young people who receive praise more likely to do better at second level

Moving to secondary school is one of the biggest changes in a child’s life. How can parents help?

Experts believe the Republic’s exam-obsessed model is failing Irish students

Critics claim the State is about to take a wrong turn on secondary school education

Trends suggest that when it comes to academic success, the gender mix of a school is largely irrelevant

Diversity still poses challenge with few men or disadvnataged people becoming teachers

Principals in participating schools report staff improvement in teaching and learning

Reversal of trend seen in 2011 and 2012 figures, when girls’ schools tended to perform significantly better than their male equivalents

ESRI warns of loss of homework clubs, after-school programmes and counselling

Boys still outnumber girls by six to one in technology subjects at the higher level

Girls link success in exams more closely to their personal identity, ESRI study finds

Report notes current junior cycle creating ‘disengagement among working-class boys’