Before starting my second blog, let me just wish you a very happy new year with desires that the economy leaves us a bit less depressed this year… On my…
Media comment over Christmas concentrated on the impact on schools, and the effects on pupils, of having to offer a guidance service outside the quota in the next school year,…
The Irish education system is beginning to experience the real implications of the ‘Austerity Programme’ agreed with the ECB/IMF. We are like terrified passengers on a runaway train, heading into…
It is with great pleasure that I write my first blog in Education Matters. As a reader I’ve found the entries of my colleague bloggers of great interest, and they…
In this article, using a question on Literary Genre from the English Leaving Certificate Higher Level paper 2008, we will compare and contrast Michael Curtiz’s film Casablanca and Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, prescribed texts for…
The impact of Budget 2012 is still being digested. While the initial reaction was one of ‘it could have been worse’, on further examination it is clear that this budget…
League tables, as published in Irish newspapers, feed into a mindset which regards a good teacher as one who teaches to the test. Glorifying schools where 100% of students go…
There’s never a better time to be inventive than when there’s no money for anything – and boy is that the case now! Things happen in Irish education because life…
Education matters, but not as much as schooling when it comes to securing a job and decent salary – or so it has been for many centuries. At the World Innovation…
