Two Line Tuesday: Uniforms
I was talking to George Hook on Newstalk today about school uniforms and why I don’t think there’s much point to them. I think he went very lightly on me!
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Two Line Tuesday: CESI Conference
I’m going to use my Two Line Tuesday to promote one of the best conferences in education. It’s the CESI conference and you can find out more about it here.
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In the news this week, is a Gaelscoil under a multi-denominational patron body (Foras na Gaeilge) with an Catholic ethos where over two-thirds of the children have opted-out of religious instruction classes because they do not subscribe to that religion and the school have decided to segregate the children based on their parents’ belief systems for … Read more
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It looks like Community National Schools are back in the news this week and it’s all fairly damning again. I think they really need to answer their critics and either defend what they are doing or deny all the allegations being made against them. Sources: http://www.educatetogether.ie/media/national-news/community-national-schools http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/is-this-the-answer-to-the-school-patronage-debate-1.2496735
Two Line Tuesday: Happy New Year
The holidays are just about over so there’s only one thing to say in this week’s Two Line Tuesday. Happy New Year and the best of luck for the coming term!
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The Teaching Council misled teachers into thinking they had to become members for several years and it turns out nobody had to pay the fee each year. Their response when asked to refund teachers for this misdemeanor is consistent with their general attitude towards teachers.
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I was very interested to read the following article in the Irish Independent about how Teachers ‘need to be role models for disadvantaged pupils.’ I could say the same thing for minority groups who rarely, if ever, see anything other that a white, Irish adult in front of them in a classroom.
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Today’s newspapers revealed that Jan O’Sullivan has decided to get rid of Rule 68 and Archbishop Martin has stated that forcing people to baptise their kids to get into schools is abuse. Are they working together?
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I thought it might be helpful to remind the Teaching Council of the definition of the word “consultation” so I looked it up in the dictionary and it said it meant “the action or process of formally consulting or discussing.” The definition did not say that the consulting or discussion would be listened to so I guess … Read more
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I think I’ve finally found the greatest thing to show on a projected screen. It’s a Maths manipulative toolkit with almost every single virtual concrete object I can think of.