New research shows that the best way to improve learning outcomes is to provide small classes (13-17) for several years for children starting school.

Ministers Bat O’Keeffe and Martin Cullen are urging teachers to organise trips within Ireland for TY students rather than taking them overseas.

The assessment process for new buildings would seem to be designed to keep schools on a waiting list for as long as possible, says INTO.

A scheme which matches schools with local businesses has been praised by the European Council of Ministers in Brussels, Minister O’Keeffe said.

Addressing a public sector protest on December 12, Sheila Nunan told hundreds gathered outside Leinster House that social partnership was dead.

To resolve a dispute, we must relinquish the blame game and find instead the means of returning to existing relationships, says Greg McInerney.

The student maintenance grant has been reduced by 5 percent, while those on Back to Education Allowance will no longer qualify for maintenance grant.

The OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey looks at teaching conditions and learning environments in second-level schools in 24 countries.

A new survey has revealed that the cost of processing college grants varies from €70 per applicant in Westmeath to €484 per applicant in N Tipperary.

Earlier this month, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) issued a letter to students warning that they must pay €500 of registration fee by 11 Dec.

“Nanoethics - Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology” is a new book by Dr. Dónal O’Mathúna, lecturer in ethics, decision-making and evidence.

A spokesman for Batt O’Keeffe, Minister for Education & Science, has confirmed that 695 part-time primary teachers will receive €9.1m in arrears.

Some newly qualified primary teachers in their probationary year will not receive their diplomas this year due to a shortage of department inspectors.

A unique Teaching and Research Partnership has been launched between University College Dublin and St. Michael’s House, provider of services for people with an intellectual disability.

A lecturer who made controversial remarks on his internet blog about the president of DCU has admitted that the language he used was “over the top”.

Teacher unions are incensed at the €603m cut in spending on education next year, as part of the Government’s plan to stabilise the exchequer.

Dublin City Council has voted in favour of a motion that will oblige developers to give names in the Irish language only to new estates in the city.

Further to the publication of the Murphy Report on Child Abuse, the National Parents Council-Primary is seeking a review of the register of school patrons.

Following claims that some third level registration fees are being deployed away from student services, Minister Batt O’Keeffe has ordered a survey.

Research by Dr Paul Downes has revealed that 10 per cent of first-year students may not be getting enough food to function effectively in class.