DES Review of Rented School Accommodation [INTO]
- Published: 14 September 2009
DES Review of Rented School Accommodation
The DES has advised INTO that it has come to their attention that some prefab providers may be requesting schools to enter into written contracts now for prefabs that are already in place.
Schools are strongly advised not to enter into new or revised written contracts with prefab suppliers in respect of existing rented accommodation without prior approval from the DES.
Invitation to Participate in a Doctoral Research Study
- Published: 14 September 2009
Invitation to Participate in a Doctoral Research Study
A New Meaning for Cutting Classes [NYTimes]
- Published: 14 September 2009
With Kyra Fleurimond, 5, left, and Wandrea Burrell, 9, Melessa Avery, the principal at Public School 273 in East New York.
New York City's 1,500 public schools officially opened for business last week, and alongside the usual confusion over locker assignments and lunch periods, there were new questions in the air: Why isn't Mrs. Brown teaching here anymore? What happened to the science lab? Where are the boxes of free notebooks and pencils?
Across the city, principals are facing budgets that are 5 percent slimmer, a steep cut for a school system where coffers swelled until the current economic downturn. As a result, principals, who now wield extraordinary authority over budgets, are learning to say "No," and hoping the changes they make will not result in academic ruin.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/
Panel Notices 2009 [INTO.ie]
- Published: 11 September 2009
Please note the important changes to the way the Redeployment Panel is operating this year as previously advised to all schools. Also included below are the timetable of Key Actions for the Panels which is part of the Staffing Schedule (Circular 002/2009) available on the Department's website www.education.ie and you are urged you to familiarise yourself with the various responsibilities contained therein.
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Poor showing by boys fuels demands for exam shake-up [Independent.ie]
- Published: 11 September 2009
Teenage males produce fewer top grades and are more likely to fail subjects.
Serious academic under- achievement by 15- to 16-year-old boys is exposed in a gender breakdown of the 2009 results.
The performance gap adds urgency to plans for Junior Certificate reform to make it more relevant to all students.
Across the 20 Junior Certificate subjects, girls scored more As than boys, except in maths, material technology and metalwork. Girls were ahead in ABC grades, with boys taking the lead only in geography, metalwork and environmental and social studies, and losing their A advantage in maths
Full Story: http://www.independent.ie/
