Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

Teachers feel 'closer' to middle-class children - study

Teachers report feeling closest to children who come from professional, managerial or other non-manual groups and least close to children who come from non-employed families, according to a new study.

Education • 05 Mar

UCD rally in solidarity with sexual violence victims

Thousands of students at UCD took part in a rally this lunchtime in solidarity with victims of sexual violence and to call on their university to do better in addressing the issue and supporting students.

Ireland • 04 Mar

An empty school classroom ready for students to arrive

TUI accuses Govt of failing to address teacher retention

The Teachers' Union of Ireland has accused the Department of Education and Youth of a continuing failure to address what it has said is a teacher recruitment and retention crisis at post-primary level.

Education • 04 Mar

Mourners prepare the coffins of children who were killed in a reported strike on a primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan province for a funeral in Minab

Schools must never be targets - INTO on Iran strikes

Primary teachers' union the INTO has said it fully supports a statement issued by global federation of teacher unions Education International which condemns the recent military strikes on Iran.

Ireland • 03 Mar

Caine Graham, Hayley Myles and their daughter Rumy at a protest over SNA provision in Dublin

Reversal of SNA cuts 'kicking the can down the road'

Special needs assistants say the decision to reverse plans to cut SNA provision is "temporary" and "we are going to be in exactly the same position in a year's time".

Analysis and Comment • 01 Mar

Protests to highlight concerns over SNA allocations

Protests are taking place at locations across the country this evening to highlight the ongoing concerns of parents, schools and Special Needs Assistants following controversy over the last week around SNA allocations for schools.

Education • 25 Feb

two signs in a window with colourful writing and the words 'save our SNAs'

Govt never signed off on SNA review, says Taoiseach

The Government did not sign off on the review of how Special Needs Assistants are allocated at schools across Ireland, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Education • 24 Feb

No reduction to SNAs for next school year - Govt

There will be no reductions of special needs assistants for the next school year, Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton and Minister of State for Special Education Michael Moynihan have confirmed.

Education • 24 Feb

Call for pause to Senior Cycle science assessments

A body representing science teachers here has called for an immediate pause to be placed on the assessment components of new senior cycle curricula introduced this year for 5th year students of biology, physics and chemistry.

Education • 23 Feb

No SNA 'cliff edge' but schools still face uncertainty

Among the deluge of emails received by Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton this week and last on the issue of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) was one from the principal of one DEIS primary school, which included an invitation.

Analysis and Comment • 21 Feb