The JMB has said that candidates for posts of responsibility should be selected more on suitability than on seniority

The Department of Education has ruled that CD players are to be used instead of tapes in this year's aural state examinations

A computer program, which helps reduce the tedium of teaching by grading papers and giving advice to students, has been developed at the University of Missouri

The ASTI has told its members that a teacher who is defamed on the ratemyteachers.ie website can take legal action against

Labour TD Joan Burton has warned that over 100 children in the Dublin 15 area could be without school places next September.

The education partners have been invited to submit suggestions on ways in which the administrative burden in schools can be reduced.

Role playing is an excellent way of encouraging children to use French words in particular contexts.

It is estimated that up to 10% of children suffer from varying degrees of dyslexia. For those with visual dyslexia, there have been major breakthroughs in treatment in the last few years

eTwinning is a partnership where at least two schools from at least two European countries take advantage of ICT tools to work together in order to harvest pedagogical, social and cultural benefits

National Spring Clean is Ireland's biggest anti-litter campaign, encouraging groups from all walks of life to take pride in their local environment

ESRI Irelandand the Irish Organisation for Geographic Information(IRLOGI) have launched a competition for all third level students in Ireland who use GIS as part of their studies.

Schools are invited to participate in the “21st Century Classroom” competition. The winning school will be awarded a network worth over €20,000

The Sixth Annual Irish Educational Technology Users' Conference will be held in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, 26-27 May.

There are two principal attitudes to school holidays and these are mainly held by teachers on the one hand and by parents on the other

The recent debate regarding the rating of teachers on the Internet has failed to recognise the real desire of students to get involved in a consultative process regarding their education, writes Olwyn Enright

The Centre for Nonprofit Management at Trinity College Dublin is conducting the first large-scale survey of the nonprofit (Third) sector in Ireland.

Tony McDonnell, incoming president of the USI, has expressed concern over the manner in which the Government appointed Michael Kelly to chair the Higher Education Authority

The INTO will be demanding large increases under the next round of Benchmarking to protect the salary levels of primary teachers, outgoing president Austin Corcoran has said.

A forthcoming OECD report will recommend that ineffective teachers be moved into other roles, or out of the system altogether

On Monday, 4 April, the Archdiocese of St. Louis, USA, distributed packets to its schools to help teachers mark Pope John Paul II's passing.