Some members gathering signatures for special convention to reverse strategy

Teachers’ union to meet in private to discuss ‘haemorrhaging’ of younger members

Department warns union failure to co-operate may result in loss of €1,000 pay increase

Ireland and Brexit; college dropouts; ‘quango cull’; Golden Globes; ASTI pay freeze

Skills such as problem-solving will be crucial to prevent students being left behind

Union to ballot this month on proposals to settle dispute over pay and curriculum reforms

ASTI members face pay freezes and loss of posts of responsibility if proposals turned down

Potential agreement offers pay rise for new entrant teachers and opt out on supervision

But ASTI teachers must agree to work extra hours introduced under Croke Park deal

Stem education study charts the way forward

Concerns raised over People Before Profit Alliance members joining ASTI picket lines

Union and Department of Education in third-party talks with arbitration body

Hundreds of secondary schools set to stay shut for the week in row over supervision duties

Moyne Community School brokers deal between ASTI, TUI and board of management

Efforts to mediate dispute over complaint by male student failed, High Court is told

Special treatment for striking gardaí and teachers ‘unacceptable’, Impact cautions

Expenditure per student down 7% since 2008 while figure rose 8% across OECD over period

The case for moderation

Unions and Government discuss move as a way of tackling pay inequality in the industry

ASTI members to be hit with financial penalties for refusing to work additional hour

The dispute over junior cycle reform threatens to cause disruption on a huge scale

Students in ASTI schools will lose 10% in English exams at year end if no deal agreed

TUI members to be asked to sign document to receive €800 payment

Department of Education payroll does not take into account union membership

Teacher Noel Hogan says ASTI members are being forced into an ‘impossible position’

ASTI delegates hear staff in fee-paying schools are paid well below official rates

General secretary says there is no evidence of members moving to rival union

Union directs members not to take part in any form of assessment linked to State exam

Newly-qualified teachers face wage differences of up to €9,000

‘What’s wrong with having a girl put in earphones once or twice a week and go walking for 45 minutes?’

Leadership of secondary teachers’ union remains divided over compromise proposals

ASTI Fightback appeals to teachers to vote No to new Junior Cycle despite union stance

New ‘profile of achievement’ to be issued by schools rather than the state

Union members express concern they are being given little time to analyse the deal

Payments to be removed by mid-January

Union’s executive council to consider new ballot at meeting on Saturday

Union of head teachers claims ASTI strike will hurt students

Issue arose out of a High Court ruling this week

Many parents dread helping their children with their homework, but with the right approach, it can be a rewarding time, writes Ronan McGreevy