USI has warned the Government that improvements to road safety must be matched by improvements to public transport, funding for accredited driving instructors, and the introduction of driving tests on demand.

A new survey finds that many students are unaware of the dangers of identity theft and are leaving themselves exposed to it.

New publications from the National Children’s Nurseries Association provide valuable guidelines for childcare providers.

Government plans to introduce a controversial Community Childcare Subvention Scheme is causing anxiety among parents and service providers.

The first National Conference of the Children Acts Advisory Board took place in the Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, on 23 October. Minister for Children Brendan Smith stated that some very important developments had taken place in the arena of child protection in the past year.

The Irish Examiner has reported a plethora of shocking complaints about creches made by parents to the Heath Service Executive. These include broken limbs, filthy premises, bullying, slapping by staff and lax security.

The programme seeks to educate students in healthy eating and the use of quality local produce. It is designed by Agri-Aware, Bord Bia and the Association of Teachers of Home Economics.

A new report released in the US calls for better use of break times, with adult supervision of fun activities

The school playground can have a lasting influence on a child’s personal development, but research in Britain indicates that they need to be improved.

UK teachers may have to formally continue their professional education in order to remain on the teachers’ register

Post-primary principals are not happy that the Minister has failed to reduce their workload as promised

Proposed changes to the Leaving Cert examination schedule are aimed at making the tense exams period easier for students

Questions have been raised about methods of marking Leaving Cert papers in light of the high percentage of upgrades following appeals

In response to a Dáil question, Minister Hanafin revealed that her department has had a policy for two years of not funding new fee-paying schools.

The first centre for research into pain incorporates researchers from a range of disciplines and aims to advance the scientific understanding of pain

USI is angry because the Student Support Bill, now six months overdue, has not been enacted, in spite of pre-election promises to do so without delay.

Every page of The Irish Times, going back almost 150 years, is now available in a searchable archive which is free for primary and post primary schools

F1 in Schools was introduced by the Irish Computer Society in 2005 with the aim of developing informed views about careers in engineering, science and technology.

The schoolbus driver who died in a tragic accident which occurred while he was driving students to school was loved by children and adults alike

The Irish Primary Principals’ Network is dismayed at the proposal currently under negotiation which seeks to shift reponsibility for evaluating teachers onto principals.