@peter_lydon @ciaraquill I applied to be a member, and they didn't even have the courtesy to let me know I hadn't been successful. @annelooney @Education_Ire
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Robert Chaney
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Robert Chaney
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Mathematics Teacher in Ireland. ASTI Maths rep & Kilkenny branch chair. Husband. Father🧑🏻🦱👧🏻👦🏼. Scouter⚜️. Paddler🛶. Coach⚽. All views my own.
Kilkenny Katılım Nisan 2010
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Will be interesting to see who are the 150 people irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…. That said, this quote is everything that is wrong with Irish education at the moment.
I'm sure 8-years old have interesting things to say - but an equal weighting to education professionals?!
#edchatie
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@peter_lydon Authors = conflict of interest, because the DG member financially benefits personally from their inclusion
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Not a good look for the NCCA
irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…
It doesn't help that the NCCA doesn't want authors on Subject Development Groups.
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There is no limit to how low DJT can go. It just gets worse and worse.
He is not fit to have any responsibilities, let alone be POTUS.
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Anyone involved in education who is concerned about AI should be reading this article by Alan Curran. This section 👇🏼 in particular will no doubt resonate with many second-level teachers here in Ireland.
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I suspect the universities don’t want formal exams simply because they are more expensive to administer.
Joe Allen@Joe___Allen
Remarkable that universities are resisting a return to pen and paper assessments. Seems like a total denial of reality.
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Gifted children exposed by proposed reform irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…
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Another excellent article about tech in education.
This paragraph stood out.
There's a reason children and teenagers go to school...
Irish Examiner@irishexaminer
When tech does the thinking, our children miss the real lesson irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pare…
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Government 'not in a position' to confirm children with additional needs will have school place this year
Tánaiste Simon Harris said the Government was 'working absolutely around the clock to make sure no child will be prevented from starting school' irishexaminer.com/news/politics/…
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This excellent, thought-provoking article by Colman Noctor in @irishexaminer should be obligatory reading for teachers, parents, Minister for Ed. & other “stakeholders” in Irish education.
When tech does the thinking, our children miss the real lesson
irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pare…
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Alan Curran in today’s Irish Times on the threat from AI to the development of independent and creative-minded students.
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The CAO points race has become unsustainable
pca.st/episode/a5c240…
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Leaving Cert performance varies more between schools than neighbourhoods share.google/fa8JoREjQvovXv…
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Universities ‘keeping CAO points artificially high to chase prestige’
independent.ie/irish-news/uni…
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Well done NAPD for calling the colleges out for their corrupt and broken system
RTE news : Professor accuses colleges of 'gaming' the points system
No mention of the ludicrous 25 extra pts for Maths though
rte.ie/news/education…
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The CAO needs complete reform, especially the Maths +25pts
pca.st/episode/8114af…
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No teacher should be out on sabbaticals or career breaks for longer than 18 months and all new teaching graduates must work in Ireland for a minimum of 3 years.
Virgin Media News@VirginMediaNews
One in five second-level schools has been forced to drop subjects as the teacher recruitment crisis continues, a survey by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland shows. 🧵 Read more below. [1/2]
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@SenatorKeogan Provide appropriate, affordable housing in the local area for the teachers. Otherwise, they go elsewhere
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Remember Finland once had the best education system in the world?
Everyone wanted to be Finland.
Well they don't say that about Finland anymore.
They won't say it about Ireland either after Senior Cycle reform is fully implemented by @Education_Ire.
Kevin A. Bryan@Afinetheorem
I didn't realize this: Finland, which used to be the absolute star in the West on education, is now on math roughly at the OECD average, only a bit higher than the US (meaning way behind New England), and fell 60 pts in 20 years, worst in the world. What happened?!
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Oide, the Government funded organisation that gives CPD (now PLEs) to teachers, is promoting the use of ChatGPT to write poems for students and pieces of Drama, that the students can then rewrite.
It's over.
AI has won.
thevideotrolley.blogspot.com/2026/03/its-ov…
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