Emer Nowlan

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File photograph: Students from North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School protest outside Leinster House, Dublin last year over the lack of suitable long-term school accommodation. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Educate Together secondary schools ‘more diverse’ than others, finds ESRI study

Educate Together secondary schools are more diverse on average than the typical Irish post-primary school, according to new research by the ESRI. The(...)

Admissions figures show private schools and high-performing non-fee paying schools turned away hundreds of applicants last year. Photograph: Getty Images
Schools in south Dublin among the most oversubscribed in the country

Schools in the south Dublin area are among the most heavily oversubscribed in the country, according to enrollment data published for the first time. (...)

Emer Nowlan: she has been named as the new chief executive officer of Educate Together, the largest multi-denominational school patron
Educate Together appoints new CEO

Educate Together, the largest multi-denominational school patron, has named Emer Nowlan as the organisation’s new chief executive officer. She will re(...)

It is estimated that only 1 per cent of primary and 2 per cent of secondary teachers come from minority ethnic backgrounds. Photograph: iStock
The changing face of teaching in Ireland

When Dr Rory McDaid, a teacher and academic, began researching the experiences of children from migrant backgrounds, one question kept rearing its hea(...)

Educate Together: 5th-class students taking part in the philosophy, ‘thinking time’ session at Balbriggan Educate Together NS, Balbriggan. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill
Educate Together schools go mainstream

It’s a Thursday evening in a Galway hotel and a small group of parents (two fathers, five mothers) are discussing how the temporary accommodati(...)