Learning early and often
It's a whole family approach that is designed with this
community in mind A new project in Dublin's docklands aims to give
local children a head start before they even get to school,
writes
Louise Holden p
The best Leaving Cert options
The Leaving Cert subjects selected at this time of year could be vital for your future. Give subject selection the attention it deserves, writes Brian Mooney p
The strange case of the third level review that fell to Earth...
TEACHER'S PET: Still no word on that much- hyped strategy for higher education. The "Big Plan" for higher education was first mooted last September, but, several months on, the Higher Education Authority and third-level leaders are still waiting for the Department of Education to fire the starting gun. p
Noticeboard
Public talk at Athlone Institute of Technology: "Dragging Ireland into the 21st Century" is the title of a talk by Senator Ivana Bacik, Reid Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin in the Goldsmith Library, Athlone Institute of Technology, today at noon. All are welcome. p
School is not the only place to tackle inequality
TEACHING MATTERS: THERE IS a sense in which the Democratic Primary contest in the US is one between two generations and two generational world views. The ongoing rise of Barack Obama calls attention to the emergence of a new generation in the US and its contest with an earlier one represented by Hillary Clinton. p




