Generation gamble: the invisible addiction crisis gripping Ireland’s teenagers
The State’s new gaming regulator is preparing to start work, but experts still fear that gambling is becoming ingrained at younger ages
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Leaving Cert textbook author resigns from curriculum reform group amid ‘dumbing down’ concerns
University lecturer says original vision of construction studies subject is ‘all but abandoned’ in new draft
More students to get higher Junior Cycle grades under reforms
Move follows criticism from students and teachers over ‘harsh’ scoring system
Culture wars reach the classroom: What is the best way to teach children about gender and identity?
A new primary level syllabus – the biggest shake-up in two decades – is being finalised against a backdrop of polarised online debate and claims of misinformation
Oral exams for Leaving Cert English: How will they work?
Oral presentations are increasingly being used at third level in response to AI – and secondary schools are set to follow suit
Leaving Cert students to face oral exams in English under sweeping changes
Draft plan would see candidates quizzed on plays or books at end of fifth year
My son’s teachers have expressed alarm at new Leaving Cert reforms. How will they affect him?
Research projects worth 40% will roll out across a number of subjects for students starting fifth year in September
Primary teachers to be trained to teach foreign languages over several years
Pupils to learn French, German or other languages from third class onwards
Plan to introduce foreign languages at primary level could ‘divert time from Irish’
New curriculum for primary schools draws contrasting reactions from teachers, parents and other stakeholders
Gender identity not included in draft primary school curriculum
Body finalising shake-up to curriculum says topic not referenced in new syllabus despite ‘misinformation’
We need a Donogh O’Malley-style figure to deliver on the promise of a reformed Leaving Cert
Broadening the range of learning and assessment at senior cycle has the potential to provide pathways for all students to realise their full potential
Leaving Cert students cleared to use AI in research projects
Leaving Cert candidates must reference any use of AI tools or risk forfeiting their marks
Students deserve a reformed Leaving Cert that prepares them for the modern world
Plans to introduce more project work would reduce pressure and provide a broader assessment of candidates’ abilities over a longer time
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
Are the mistakes of Junior Cycle reform about to be repeated in the Leaving Cert?
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Children’s happiness drops as they approach secondary school, study finds
Landmark study finds primary pupils most often feel happy, good about themselves, cared for and safe
Why introduce a new Leaving Cert subject on climate action? Geographers have been teaching these issues for years
Inserting geography content into a new subject risks, at best, duplication of material and, at worst, the loss of a rich and long history of solution-finding
Leaving Cert reform plans may result in irreparable damage to exams’ reputation
Exam reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT
New primary school curriculum: the changes on the way and what they mean for children
Pupils will spend more time learning foreign languages, science and technology – and less time on religion
Sex education to be taught at earlier age under new primary school curriculum
Public consultation opens on the biggest planned shake-up to primary education in 25 years
Expelled from school at 14, now she is an associate professor in education
Dr Hannagh McGinley is just the third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the State’s history
New maths curriculum for primary pupils puts emphasis on ‘playfulness’
Computational thinking and financial literacy form part of blueprint to replace 24-year-old syllabus
New sex education curriculum reflects ‘real lived experience,’ says Minister
Revamped social, personal and health education programme launched for Junior Cycle students
Toilets, uniforms and pronouns have been the subject of debate. The school curriculum may be next
New sex education curriculum for Junior Cycle includes focus on gender identity
NCCA sets aside Leaving Cert Irish proposals
Draft proposals had included more difficult syllabus for those attending Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools
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
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
Plan to move some Leaving Cert exams to fifth year from 2024 scrapped
Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’
Sharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabus
A number of Catholic bodies, while welcoming the move to update the curriculum, said the ethos of schools must be respected in delivering the programme
Pupils ‘encounter pornography once they get their first phone’, report says
New RSE programme for Junior Cycle in schools is ‘an important step forward in addressing the needs of adolescents growing up in Ireland today’
Anxious, tech-savvy, diverse: A new primary curriculum aims to catch up with pupils of today
Less religion and a greater focus on wellbeing form part of a new curriculum for primary schools
Primary schools to teach foreign languages as religion time cut under new proposals
New curriculum will put focus on wellbeing under biggest changes in more than 20 years.
TD and Minister for Education clash over sex education rollout
Fine Gael’s Jennifer Carroll MacNeill criticises ‘general responses’ and ‘lack of output’
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