This is the story of one week in the education system, not an average week, but one which demonstrates the contempt that representative bodies have for teachers, school staff and children. In this part, we learn a little bit about the Assessment of Need debacle and why parents and school staff joined together to try … Read more
This rather innocent looking Information Note landed in principals’ inboxes not more than a couple of hours ago. However, its sole job is to land more work on the desks of schools. Because the HSE can’t do their job properly with Assessment of Need, a court order decided that to address the mess-up, a certain … Read more
This rather innocent looking Information Note landed in principals’ inboxes not more than a couple of hours ago. However, its sole job is to land more work on the desks of schools. Because the HSE can’t do their job properly with Assessment of Need, a court order decided that to address the mess-up, a certain … Read more
This week there was an article in the Irish Times featuring two people that recently stepped away from principalship. In this week’s episode I look at the evidence and analyse why so many principals are handing in the keys of the building and who is ultimately responsible.
This week there was an article in the Irish Times featuring two people that recently stepped away from principalship. In this week’s episode I look at the evidence and analyse why so many principals are handing in the keys of the building and who is ultimately responsible.
The new Irish Exemption Circular was released to great fanfare back in 2019 with almost everyone annoyed at it for different reasons. Gaelgóirí were annoyed because it was too easy for anyone to get an exemption. Many parents were annoyed because it was now too hard to get an exemption. Schools were annoyed because they … Read more
The new Irish Exemption Circular was released to great fanfare back in 2019 with almost everyone annoyed at it for different reasons. Gaelgóirí were annoyed because it was too easy for anyone to get an exemption. Many parents were annoyed because it was now too hard to get an exemption. Schools were annoyed because they … Read more
Like most children with an Irish mammy, I heard the phrase “self-praise is no praise” enough times to know that one simply shouldn’t do it because it makes the person sound conceited and, well… stupid. As we grow we learn that praise is earned not given, to use another Irish Mammy saying. Which brings me … Read more
Like most children with an Irish mammy, I heard the phrase “self-praise is no praise” enough times to know that one simply shouldn’t do it because it makes the person sound conceited and, well… stupid. As we grow we learn that praise is earned not given, to use another Irish Mammy saying. Which brings me … Read more
In this special episode, I look at the two pieces of literature from the INTO and Glór about the latest pay deal that is supposed to deal with inflation and the cost of living. I try and look between the lines and figure out what is the most sensible way to vote. Can we trust … Read more