Uniforms, toilets, pronouns: are schools doing enough to support trans students?
Many just beginning to grapple with how to best support transgender students
Counselling, yoga and music therapy: Is this primary school of the future?
Campaigners say approach of offering therapy at school should be adopted across the State
‘Unjust’ priority admissions for past pupils’ children must go, says Ombudsman
Dr Niall Muldoon says rule risks locking generations into cycle of disadvantage
Covid-19: Children happy to play their part on mask-wearing, professor says
Prof Pat Dolan says many have forgotten children can make their own choices
Parents ‘will not send children to school’ if mandatory face masks introduced, groups warn
Nphet recommends students aged nine or over should wear masks indoors
Back-to-school costs means tough math homework for parents
Joanne Hunt: Some six in 10 parents say preparing for return to school is a financial burden
Parents will be asked to sign school Covid-19 forms
Ban on parents congregating outside and guidance on ventilating classrooms
Partial reopening of special schools ‘a mixed day’ for families
Parents worry that limited return to class may be even more disruptive for children
Nearly 40% of written Leaving Cert exams scored higher than calculated grades
Results issued today to 2,202 candidates who sat Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle papers
Feeder schools: Do they help or harm education?
Academic performance alone does not define a student’s secondary school education
Some school staff told to ‘reuse’ masks due to shortage, union claims
Covid-19 committee to be told some teachers and SNAs being asked to reuse face masks
How to handle the kids going back to school – seven tips for parents
No admission without appointment one of the changes parents are going to have to live with
Minister insists Leaving Cert students’ results will be ‘accurate, reliable and fair’ to all
Controversy in Scotland after government reverses the downgrading of 124,000 students’ calculated grades
Majority of Irish children say pandemic homeschooling impaired learning
Mental health of some second-level students also negatively impacted, study finds
Survey reveals high levels of anxiety among secondary students over return to school
Many worried they have fallen behind in schoolwork due to distance learning
Postponed Leaving Cert exams planned for November
Leaving Cert students have under a week to register to receive calculated grades
Junior infants and first years face a doubly daunting challenge
Those starting or moving school must cope with an even harder transition than usual
Will any children’s summer camps go ahead this year? Here’s what we know so far
Some organisers still hope to offer physical events. Others have written off this summer
Parents call for primary schools to be reopened as soon as possible
Calls prompted in part by reopening of schools in number of European countries
Most parents opposed to postponement of Leaving Cert exams - survey
Hpat admissions test results deferred until after Leaving Certificate exams are complete
Minister urges schools to hold off cancelling Junior Cycle exams
Kilkenny secondary school is the latest to replace Junior Cycle with its own exams
One in five secondary school pupils lack reliable broadband
Survey of parents indicates 15% of students are not receiving feedback from teachers
Health risks for inactive children: ‘This should be a wake-up call for parents’
Excess sitting has been linked to depression among adolescents. So what can be done?
New resource encouraging positive use of tech targets teenagers
Safer Internet Day sees launch of free digital media literacy resource
Mandatory purchase of iPads for school ‘forcing’ parents into debt
No financial support towards €800 cost of devices, Oireachtas committee hears
€20m would provide free primary school books to all
No Child 2020: The high cost of school books affects some families worse than others
Afternoon angst: is homework really necessary?
Forcing primary school children to do set homework does not improve academic outcomes and causes stress to both children and their parents, say educators
Leaving and Junior Cert exams begin amid spike in student anxiety levels
Minister for Education says changes to this year’s exams aim to reduce stress levels
Computer coding: the generation game
Why leave the parents at home? New family coding workshops make learning an all-age affair
Ask Brian: My child’s teacher is performing poorly. How do I complain?
Legislation for grievance procedures was never enacted – but new law should help
Pupils asked to bring toilet roll to school due to funding ‘crisis’ - TD
Oireachtas committee told State funding is falling well short of the real cost of education
Department has no power to force schools to cut uniform costs for parents
Bruton’s plan promised extra funding for schools adopting cost-effective measures
Helping your child get ready for ‘big school’
Since the introduction of the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme, children are generally better prepared for the transition from pre-school to primary
Parents of preschool kids will have their voices heard at long last
The role of the National Parents Council is being expanded so parents will have a say in shaping policy
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