Lessons learned: How to improve our education system post-pandemic

Sudden lockdown shone a light on a creaking education system, we can use what we have learned to make it better

New artist residency scheme in schools set to nurture creativity

Government programme aimed at inspiring ‘brilliant young actors, musicians and artists’

Open-air classrooms: Six tips for teaching in the great outdoors

With Covid-19, there has never been a better time for children to learn outside

Irish schools need to modernise ‘20th century’ approach to learning, warns OECD

OECD’s Andreas Schleicher says education system must avoid producing ‘second-class robots’

'Zero correlation' between quality of tuition and class size, says top educator

OECD’s Andreas Schleicher says Ireland needs to modernise its ‘20th-century’ system

‘Schools are doing students a huge disservice by ignoring art’

NCAD director says creativity may be more vital than Stem subjects for jobs of tomorrow

Computers in class: do they do more harm than good?

Although there is broad agreement that ignoring technology is not an option, many teachers remain unconvinced about the merits of some computer-based approaches

One in six Irish teens ‘low performers’ at maths

Ireland emerges relatively well from international OECD study of 15-year-olds

Irish teens among best at using internet

OECD ranks Irish 15-year-olds sixth out of 32 states for ‘navigation proficiency’

Ireland ranks 15th in global league table for maths, science

GDP would be boosted by 2.3 per cent if universal basic skill levels were achieved

Cog Notes: Helen Mortimer mobilises parent power

If the unions do go to the barricades over junior cycle reforms, they may find the new National Parents’ Council chief executive a formidable opponent in the PR war

Future direction of the teaching profession at stake in Junior Cycle dispute

Analysis: Union resistance to school-based assessment runs counter to international trends

Irish teachers need to be upskilled to catch up with Asia, says OECD education chief

Plan to reform junior cycle ‘could tremendously strengthen the profession’

Asia Briefing: Shanghai students top of the class