Norma Foley

Teachers marking their own pupils’ Leaving Cert papers a ‘red line issue’, Minister told

Foley’s proposal as part of senior cycle reform would prompt ballot for industrial action, TUI conference hears

The Irish Times view on teacher shortages: much more can be done

Diverting resources away from special education to plug gaps should never be an option

Union criticises ‘insensitive’ opposition to teaching of gender identity in primary schools

INTO welcomes ‘timely review’ of relationships and sexuality education, with new curriculum due in 2025

Primary teachers working as ‘therapists, psychologists, grief counsellors and homeless support staff’

Urgent action needed to tackle ‘excessive workloads’ in school to retain teachers and principals

Foley pledges to begin restoring thousands of senior school posts to ease teacher burnout

Thousands of schools without assistant principal posts due to austerity-era spending cuts

Secondary school teachers say there is no rationale for moving English and Irish exams

ASTI members call for stronger teacher involvement in curriculum reforms

Government must make good ‘shortfall’ in public sector pay due to inflation, says union chief

Ictu president says cost-of-living issues will dominate talks in any new pay deal

Trial of counselling supports for primary schools to be in place later this year

Schools to be recognised for anti-bullying measures under new Department of Education plan

Housing crisis adversely affecting lives of students, say 75% of TUI teachers

Union survey says cost-of-living issues are worsening the challenges of recruiting and retaining teachers

Schools to be allowed to share teachers to help alleviate shortages

Survey shows almost half of secondary schools do not have enough teachers

‘Highly sexual’ book to be removed from students’ sex education resource

Campaigners say publication is inappropriate for 12-15 year olds

Work to resume on almost 60 stalled new school buildings

Construction delays linked to high inflation had sparked protests from schools affected

Unfilled teaching posts in almost half of second-level schools, survey finds

About 80% of principals said they had employed at least one unqualified teacher this school year

Catherine Martin says Hourigan a ‘very valuable member’ of Green Party

Rebel TD’s support ahead of Dáil confidence vote remains unclear

Dublin 8 school transfers from Catholic to multi-denominational patronage

St Enda’s National School, Whitefriar Street is to become multidenominational Community National School as part of patronage reconfiguration project

More than 600 extra primary school teacher training places announced

Places to be provided over the next two years as part of efforts to boost the supply of teachers

Ukrainian available as Leaving Cert subject from next academic year

Norma Foley announced move with 5,200 Ukrainian children now in Irish secondary schools

Foley ‘confident’ €96 per pupil will be ‘sufficient’ to make free schoolbooks available to all

Minister for Education says pilot scheme in 100 Deis schools found books cost €85 per pupil on average

Free schoolbooks: Primary schools to get €96 per child and not to ask for parental contribution

Schools may purchase texts and copybooks from any bookshop under guidance

NCCA sets aside Leaving Cert Irish proposals

Draft proposals had included more difficult syllabus for those attending Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools

Primary schools ‘completely in the dark’ over free book scheme

Shortages ‘90 per cent certain’ due to lack of information about operation of scheme, book industry says

Amid all the heated argument, what exactly is happening to the sex education curriculum?

Toilets, uniforms, students’ pronouns and the curriculum are the subject of a polarised conversation

Foley unable to say when almost 60 stalled school building projects will resume

Government departments in talks over funding pressure linked to construction inflation

Primary pupils to learn foreign languages under new curriculum from 2025

New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for Irish

President says schools should be obliged to teach ‘sexuality in the fullest sense’

Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schools

Inquiry into abuse at religious-run schools to examine potential costs for State

Investigation will ‘look at everything’ including possibility of compensation, says Norma Foley

Q&A: How will Government inquiry into abuse at religious-run schools work?

Main purpose is to identify what survivors want to see happen next

Scoping inquiry announced into abuse at schools run by religious orders

Move by Minister Norma Foley follows allegations at Blackrock College and other schools dating back to 1960s

Local authorities to be given individual targets for social housing purchases

Martin to brief Cabinet on Defence Forces participation in the UN Disengagement Observer Force

New primary curriculum: What will the school day look like?

Foreign languages, Stem education, wellbeing and ‘flexible’ time for school feature in new blueprint

Primary children to learn foreign languages and science in big shake-up to curriculum

Schools ‘may’ continue to give homework to pupils while teaching time for religion will be cut

Almost 60 school building projects ‘on hold’ due to funding pressures

Delays set to affect thousands of students and teachers in temporary accommodation or prefabs

Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy a psychopath? He’s far too easygoing and disarmingly informal

Hard Shoulder host brings an easygoing manner to Holly Cairns interview and Northern Ireland coverage

Where, now, for Leaving Cert reform?

Moving exams to fifth year meant to be ‘easy win’, but critics likely to ask if more ambitious reform is feasible

Plan to move some Leaving Cert exams to fifth year from 2024 scrapped

Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’

Parents will have right to withdraw children from new sex education classes

Sharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabus

Can Norma Foley pass the first test of Leaving Certificate reform?

Wider senior cycle change will hinge on successfully moving English and Irish exams to fifth year

Delayed proposals for inquiry into sex abuse at private schools going to Government ‘shortly’

Department of Education says it is not yet in a position to provide ‘definitive timeline’

Frustration as delayed Leaving Cert results may cut university term short

Students say release of results in September will spark last-minute scramble for accommodation

Summer school aims to boost participation of children with complex needs

Just 400 out of 8,000 children in special schools accessed last year’s programme

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