Deirdre Mcdonald
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Next year’s Leaving Cert students ‘need latitude’ after school closures
- Education
- July 1, 2020, 01:30
Education authorities are being urged to give next year’s Leaving Cert students a greater choice of questions in the exams to help make up for lost te(...)

Leaving Cert: Breakthrough in ASTI row over predicted grades
- Education
- May 22, 2020, 08:24
The country’s biggest secondary teachers’ union has advised its members to engage in awarding calculated grades to Leaving Certificate students after (...)

Coronavirus: INTO say it is ‘feasible’ primary schools could reopen in June
- Education
- April 20, 2020, 13:42
The head of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, John Boyle, has said that his union has not yet had any discussions with the Department of Educ(...)

Feeder Schools: the arguments around publishing progression data
- Education
- December 3, 2019, 00:00
“Misleading” and “unidimensional” or “hugely popular with parents” and “radical and left wing”? As ever, the publication of today’s feeder school lis(...)

Leaving Cert ‘should have greater focus’ on work experience
- Education
- October 16, 2019, 06:00
The Leaving Cert should have a more rigorous vocational focus and give real work-based experience to students, according to a review of senior cycle b(...)

ASTI warns against senior cycle reform until Junior Cycle changes are evaluated
- Education
- October 15, 2019, 16:44
Major curriculum change at senior cycle level should not take place until there is a comprehensive review of the impact of Junior Cycle changes, a tea(...)