As the number of full time students in Ireland reaches the million mark for the first time in the history of the State, new teaching positions come on stream.

An increasing number of primary school principals are retiring early due to the growing administrative burden and lack of middle management structure.

Stíl saintréitheach á cleachtadh ag Laoise Ní Chomhraí agus Lára Nic Oireachtaigh, údair na leabhar nua seo do pháistí.

INTO president Máire Ní Chuinneagáin warned delegates that “economic colonialism may be more difficult to overthrow than political and military colonialism”.

Minister Coughlan told delegates at the INTO conference that we are not “out of the woods”, we have “more to do to stabilise our public finances”.

“You gave me the extraordinary honour and immense privilege of leading the INTO as general secretary for the last decade… I will be supporting you from the stands.”

3,552 school inspection reports are now publicly available on the Department of Education website, with the latest round published this month.

A campaign launched in Ireland this month to end homophobic bullying has become news around the world due to support from Hollywood superstar Colin Farrell.

Schools are being charged one-third more for gas than they should be because they are treated as businesses, Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes says.

Research conducted by Dr Paul Stevens, involving 746 primary school principals, shows that 41 per cent are victims of workplace bullying.

Academic researchers at DCU report that even senior teachers with a masters in educational management have no appetite for the job of principal.

Today’s Cabinet reshuffle saw Tánaiste Mary Coughlan switched to Education and Batt O’Keeffe moved to Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

100 teachers, on secondment from teaching to provide professional support for primary and post primary schools, have been ordered back to classroom.

The culling of Special Needs Assistant posts, underway since January, will gain further impetus in March with the completion of a government review.

The number of Language Support teachers in primary schools has dropped from 1620 last year to 1182 this year, Minister Batt O’Keeffe has admitted.

A Dublin principal has called for current legislation to be amended to give the NEWB power to intervene in cases of absenteeism of children under six.

Minister O’Keeffe has confirmed that the NCTE is exploring ways of providing teachers with home access to online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica.

A new national study of 500 primary teachers from all over Ireland shows that mathematical knowledge levels vary substantially from teacher to teacher.

Minister Batt O’Keeffe has announced that he will discontinue the Supply Panel Scheme - available in 212 primary schools - this September.

The majority of adults have trust in teachers, are satisfied with the way they do their work and understand the complexity of the role, a survey says.