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Why the Harry Potter generation gets low marks for literacy . . .
Irish Independent, Wednesday 22nd December, 2010
Top of the class - so is this really Ireland's best school?
Irish Independent, Monday 20th September, 2010
Poverty threat for one in six families
A new Tallaght Strategy
By Joe Cahill, Irish Times
October 20th, 2010
PROFILE: ROBBIE O’LEARY, PRINCIPLE OF KILLINARDEN SACRED HEART NATIONAL SCHOOL, TALLAGHT: From his calm and motivated school, Robbie O’Leary explains why we should not rush to judgment on programmes to help disadvantaged schools – especially when possible Budget cuts loom.
THIS IS NOT a zoo. There are no burnt-out cars, no loose horses. The corridors are quiet, the atmosphere in the classrooms is calm, the children seem engaged. So why, when graduate teachers are reportedly desperate for jobs, does a school such as Killinarden Sacred Heart National School in Tallaght receive half as many applications for teaching posts as other schools
Irish Independent, Wednesday 8th September, 2010
Non-attendance a symptom of a wider problem
Irish Independent, Monday 31st May 2010
Early school leaving ‘requires action’
Irish Examiner, Wednesday, 26th May 2010
Report urges radical overhaul of second-level curriculum
Irish Times, Wednesday, 26th May 2010
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A new educational website aimed at adults with financial literacy issues – makingcents.ie – has been launched by Nala and the EBS building society.
Struggling with literacy, numeracy and now, recession
Editorial Irish Times, Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Early School Leaving ESRI Study
Avril Hoare of RTE reports on efforts to help early school leavers on foot of the recent ESRI study that reveals that 9,000 students leave school without sitting the Leaving Certificate each year.
RTE Sunday, 2nd May 2010
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Life is for Learning, Learning is for Life
Pobal Conference, Thursday, January 21st 2010
Last Updated: Monday February 20 2012