Educate Together appoints new CEO
Emer Nowlan to take over body which is patron of 90 primary and 17 second-level schools with 30,000 pupils
Parents welcome change of patron for two Dublin secondary schools
Educate Together in new partnership to run schools in Cabra and Crumlin
Catholic schools eye preparation for sacraments beyond classroom
Greater role for parishes and parents in preparing children for the religious rites of passage
How would removing sacramental preparation from the school day affect parents?
After-school religion classes are common in multi-denominational schools
Breda O’Brien: Divestment of schools requires more to be built
Despite media messages, Catholic parishes are mainly benign presences in schools
Educate Together schools salute ‘radical’ founders 40 years ago
Opening of Dalkey School Project in 1978 marked start of multi-denominational education
Pupil numbers grew 10% at multi-denominational schools
Catholic schools still account for over 90% of primary enrolments
Humanism to be taught in Educate Together primary schools
Pupils to learn about the non-religious belief system humanism, atheism and agnosticism
Breda O’Brien: Educate Together disingenuous on disadvantage
Education body skews debate by claiming some schools ‘eligible’ for Deis status
Educate Together says patronage transfer plans ‘unfair’
Multidenominational education body claims deal benefits Community National Schools
Bruton plans removal of ‘baptism barrier’ in schools
Minister says issue not being put on ‘long finger’ and Dáil has appetite to deal with it
New schools law ‘will not change Catholic first policies’
Admissions legislation will not address enrolment issues, Oireachtas committee hears
New schools to be allowed appoint principals at earlier stage
Minister for Education makes changes to allow early payment of capitation funding
Educate Together opens in Castlebar despite objection
Mayo councillor Frank Durcan appealed persmission for ‘elitist’ school in the town
Government to treble the rate of schools divestment
Department of Education aims to have 400 non-denominational schools by 2030
Nine new Educate Together schools to open this year
Four national and five second-level schools in Co Cork, Co Dublin, Co Mayo, Co Wicklow
Lack of cross-cultural education ‘depressing’, says President
President says ‘pioneering’ Educate Together programme is now mainstream
Keep 10% of Catholic school places for unbaptised, says group
Controversy over access is an issue in schools without enough places to meet demand
Mayo council urged to provide new home for Educate Together school
Government shelved plan that could have seen up to 32 Catholic schools in county merge
Educate Together national school in Mayo fails to open amid row
Minister and Educate Together blame each other for problems at former church school
Lease dispute at only school divested from Catholic patronage
Christian Brothers’ lease conditions put future of Educate Together school in doubt
Educate Together takes legal advice on admissions
Body says the enrolment policy exemption for older schools ‘could be discriminatory’
Continuation of ‘Catholic first’ school policies criticised
Rule giving church dominant role in 90% of primary school patronage not changed in new Bill
Irish humanist ceremonies double in past year
Humanist weddings, funerals and child-naming events becoming very popular
Lack of paperwork hindering school divestment programme
Just second school to be divested from religious patronage opens in Mayo today
Educate Together schools go mainstream
Educate Together has been around for 30 years but never before has its presence loomed so large. With the divestment of schools and a move into second level, it looks like the one-time outsiders are very much in
Martin welcomes diversity in school patronage
Two Catholic schools involved in landmark amalgamation to make room for Educuate Together
Change One Thing: Put the rights of children first
It’s time to change the way the system thinks of children and their needs and rights
Catholic patrons welcome schools report
Small demand for change in some areas but majority should not be displaced - Fr Drumm
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