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Patronage system unable to meet needs of modern society
Teaching Matters: The exclusion of children from their neighbourhood schools in some areas of Dublin and elsewhere in recent months, on grounds of religious affiliation, has starkly highlighted the issues of school patronage and the State's role in Irish education provision, writes Prof Tom Collins . p
Mind the quality and feel the width: third-level rethink overdue
Undergraduate programmes at our universities should provide
considerable breadth and some depth. We've got it the wrong way
round, writes University of Limerick president
Don Barry . p
'My daughter has zero motivation and no interest in the Leaving. What should I do?'
It is the question that preoccupies the modern parent - how can I get my relaxed, lazy teenage son or daughter to motivate themselves for the Junior and Leaving Cert? And how can we give them a reality check? Guidance counsellor Brian Mooney offers this advice. p
Up against it
One student's view of the exams. p
2 cool 4 skool
Author/historian Diarmaid Ferriter tells it as it was p
Teacher's Pet
An Insider's Guide to Education. p
