O'Keeffe seeks support of teacher unions [irishexaminer.com]
- Published: 13 October 2009
TEACHER unions have been urged by Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe to ease pressure for industrial action and support Government policies following concessions on a number of education cutbacks in the new Fianna Fáil-Green Party programme.
Early school leavers project praised [irishexaminer.com]
- Published: 13 October 2009
Guide for principals on helping gay pupils [Irish Times]
- Published: 13 October 2009
TWELVE YEARS of age is the most common age for a lesbian, gay or transgender young person to become aware of their sexual identity. It is at the age of 17 that a young person is most likely to "come out" to someone they trust.
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O'Keeffe seeks support of teacher unions [Irish Examiner]
- Published: 13 October 2009
TEACHER unions have been urged by Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe to ease pressure for industrial action and support Government policies following concessions on a number of education cutbacks in the new Fianna Fáil-Green Party programme.
Full Story: www.irishexaminer.com
Drop-outs at five? [Guardian.co.uk]
- Published: 13 October 2009
Many projects seek to identify potential school drop-outs early, and the latest targets five-year-olds. But should we be labelling children so young?
In a big, open warehouse space inside a smart, black glass and blue-framed building on a new industrial estate, a group of teenage boys are building walls with breeze-blocks and cement. In one of the walls ; finished earlier ; is a bare new wooden door with a wired glass panel. Just visible through the glass is an extraordinary scene. Four tiny figures ; three swathed in blue plastic overalls and one in pink ; are painting a wall.
This is Vox 4 Tots, and its creators believe it's the country's first vocational education scheme for pupils as young as five. With about 1,000 primary-age pupils now permanently excluded from schools each year, the programme aims to use early intervention to nip behavioural problems in the bud.
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