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# school - Sunday 20 May, 2012

Italy

Lone bomber suspected of carrying out Brindisi attack

Sun, 5:54 PM 1,430 Views 2 Comments

Yesterday’s explosion outside a school killed a 16-year-old girl and injured several students.

# school - Thursday 17 May, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should students be expelled for posting abuse on social networking sites?

17/05/12 5,444 Views 99 Comments

Four students at a Dublin school have been expelled after posting comments about teachers on Facebook. Is the sanction too harsh? Or do you agree with it?

# school - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Scarlet This post contains videos

Teachers Dancing Behind Students Video of the Day

16/05/12 4,963 Views 13 Comments

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# school - Friday 11 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge NO CUDDLES

New Zealand school bans hugging

11/05/12 9,656 Views 67 Comments

No love is being spread at Upper Hutt school.

# school - Thursday 10 May, 2012

Bullying

Romney denies deliberately bullying gay schoolmates

10/05/12 6,428 Views 52 Comments

The Republican presidential candidate apologised after reports he led a group who cut off a gay classmate’s long hair.

# school - Sunday 6 May, 2012

Falling Down

VIDEO: Students make direct appeal to Education Minister to fix their school

06/05/12 4,040 Views 20 Comments

Students at NewPark Comprehensive School in Dublin have been promised a new school building for years – but now it’s been delayed yet again. Now they’ve taken matters into their own hands.

# school - Saturday 5 May, 2012

NOT LMFAO

Six-year-old schoolboy suspended… for quoting LMFAO song

05/05/12 9,618 Views 30 Comments

The Colorado boy was disciplined for sexual harassment after repeating lyrics from Sexy And I Know It.

# school - Monday 30 April, 2012

Education

Minister to bring in new legislation on school enrolment

30/04/12 3,115 Views 6 Comments

Meanwhile, the Department of Education said that the Munster school that would not enrol a pregnant teenager is the subject of an inspection. The results are due in the next few months.

Education

‘Wholly unacceptable’: Ombudsman slams school that refused pregnant teen

30/04/12 6,475 Views 91 Comments

The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has criticised the school for failing to apologise to a girl who it turned away after learning that she was pregnant.

Education

Poll indicates three-quarters of parents want change in primary school patronage

30/04/12 2,777 Views 50 Comments

The poll results also show that many parents still want religious education in schools.

# school - Sunday 29 April, 2012

B Is For Bombs

Indian parents protest ‘B is for Bomb’ books

29/04/12 3,399 Views 6 Comments

A Hindi language alphabet book for children aged 4 to 5 says that “B” stands for bomb and “Ch” for “Chaku,” or knife.

Education

“Not a dumping ground”: Pregnant girl turned away from school

29/04/12 23,300 Views 189 Comments

The girl was turned away from the Catholic school in Munster on two occasions – once when she was pregnant and again after she had given birth.

# school - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

School Books

End of heavy schoolbags? Students welcome eBooks to classrooms

25/04/12 4,363 Views 45 Comments

The ASTI has welcomed the sale of new eBook apps by Folens, but cautioned that the Government must ensure that all students have “equal access to quality educational experiences”.

# school - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

Education

Minister: Primary school system needs to “adapt to more diverse society”

10/04/12 2,111 Views 30 Comments

A report on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector showed that there is increased demand for new forms of multi-denominational and non-denominational schooling.

# school - Monday 9 April, 2012

Those Were The Days

11 things Irish kids no longer have to worry about

09/04/12 38,885 Views 240 Comments

Turning on the immersion, rewinding VHS tapes, writing your favourite band’s name on your school backpack… all things today’s youngsters don’t have to worry about. The lucky tykes.

# school - Sunday 25 March, 2012

France

Toulouse gunman’s 29-year-old brother charged with murder and terrorism

25/03/12 4,609 Views 10 Comments

French authorities have said they believe Abdelkader Merah was involved in his brother Mohamed’s shooting spree which left seven people dead.

# school - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

Clare

Three due in court over incident at Ennis school

21/03/12 2,835 Views 3 Comments

Two women and a man are due to appear at Ennis District Court today in connection with an incident at a school in the town yesterday.

# school - Monday 19 March, 2012

France

Four people killed in French school shooting

19/03/12 9,104 Views 49 Comments

The incident took place in Toulouse, with French media reporting up to four people dead, including three children. President Nicolas Sarkozy has called it a “frightening tragedy”

# school - Monday 12 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Teacher Sayings

‘Would you like to teach the class?’ #ThingsThatTeachersSay

12/03/12 912 Views 2 Comments

Tweeters are recalling their teachers’ jibes – what lines do you remember from your school days?

# school - Sunday 11 March, 2012

Facebook

12-year-old girl sues school over Facebook password

11/03/12 11,789 Views 16 Comments

The US pupil says she was forced to reveal her personal profile information after posting comments about staff members.

# school - Thursday 1 March, 2012

Iraq

School teacher shot dead by pupil in Iraq

01/03/12 1,734 Views 3 Comments

The school teacher was shot dead by a student who then turned the gun on himself in the calssroom, eye-witnessess said.

# school - Thursday 9 February, 2012

America

LA school in sex abuse scandal reopens – without any of the former staff

09/02/12 3,687 Views 15 Comments

The entire staff of the primary school – including teachers, the principal and canteen staff – were replaced after two former teachers were arrested on charges of abuse.

# school - Monday 6 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Pic Of The Day

New boy in class pic of the day

06/02/12 5,224 Views 28 Comments

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# school - Sunday 29 January, 2012

North Korea This post contains videos

WATCH: North Korea’s new leader in action

29/01/12 3,307 Views 11 Comments

Check out Kim Jong-un as he meets schoolchildren, tests mattresses and… strokes stuffed animals?

# school - Friday 27 January, 2012

After School

After-school activities (but not too many) benefit children

27/01/12 1,580 Views 3 Comments

A study by the ESRI on nine-year-old children showed that there are many benefits to after-school activities for children – except when they have too many.

# school - Monday 23 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Google Doodle

Students compete to have doodle shown on Google Ireland homepage

23/01/12 3,619 Views 10 Comments

75 students from primary and secondary schools across Ireland have had their drawings chosen from almost 2,000 entries to this year’s competition.

# school - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

Science This post contains images

In pictures: Taoiseach opens this year’s Young Scientist Exhibition

11/01/12 2,113 Views 9 Comments

Enda Kenny officially declared this year’s Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition open this afternoon – check out these photos of some of the projects on display.

# school - Friday 16 December, 2011

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

16/12/11 3,488 Views 9 Comments

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you should know with your morning coffee.

# school - Friday 21 October, 2011

Exams

Teachers welcome delay in changes to Junior Cert

21/10/11 407 Views 1 Comment

Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said the introduction of a limit on subjects for Junior Cert students will not be rolled out until 2014.

# school - Friday 14 October, 2011

Self-immolation

Teacher immolates herself in French school playground

14/10/11 2,463 Views 15 Comments

The maths teacher died after deliberately setting herself ablaze following a reported confrontation with pupils.

# school - Thursday 1 September, 2011

Bullying

New figures on homophobic bullying ‘not surprising’

01/09/11 915 Views 26 Comments

A new study has found that two thirds of young gay men have experienced homophobic bullying in secondary school, while young gay women are more likely to be bullied than their non-gay peers.

Health

MMR vaccine to be offered in response to measles outbreak

01/09/11 493 Views 15 Comments

An MMR vaccine programme is to be rolled out in schools in the north Dublin city area, which has been particularly badly hit by a recent measles outbreak.

# school - Tuesday 30 August, 2011

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

30/08/11 2,104 Views 2 Comments

Nine things you should know this morning…

# school - Thursday 18 August, 2011

Education Reform

Department says no decisions taken on reported education reforms

18/08/11 1,315 Views 30 Comments

The Department of Education says that no decision have been taken on changing the school going age of children or abolishing transition year, as reported this morning.

# school - Wednesday 17 August, 2011

In Numbers

In numbers: how Ireland’s students fared in Leaving Cert 2011

17/08/11 3,230 Views 13 Comments

Which subjects had the best pass rates? Which had the fewest taking higher level? We’ve crunched the numbers to find out.

Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert results show high failure rate in maths

17/08/11 826 Views 15 Comments

Ten students received nine A1s and 141 students got a perfect score of 600, thanks to their six A1s.

# school - Friday 12 August, 2011

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Friday

12/08/11 918 Views No Comments

It’s your Friday Fix: the McGivern family react to the HIQA report, should our taxes be as high as Germany’s… and Enda Kenny the goat, King of the Puck Fair.

# school - Monday 1 August, 2011

UNI

Lecturers spend first year of college ‘deprogramming’ students

01/08/11 1,776 Views 38 Comments

Third level students come with knowledge deficits in numeracy and literacy, according to the Head of DCU.

# school - Thursday 28 July, 2011

Leaving Cert

High points: Science could be next to offer a bonus to Leaving Cert students

28/07/11 474 Views 18 Comments

The education minister has said that offering extra Leaving Cert points to students who sit Science subjects is a possibility.

# school - Tuesday 19 July, 2011

Donegal

Gardaí ‘informed health board and school’ about Donegal sex offender

19/07/11 289 Views 4 Comments

The gardaí have said that they informed both the school authorities and the health board about the conviction of a man working at the school for sexual abusing a child.

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Phil Hogan is planning to introduce new regulations which are meant to make for better buildings. He’s making a major mistake, writes Mike Morris.

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With nine days to go before referendum day, Dr Jane Suiter of UCC analyses the parties and the latest polls to see how the campaign is playing out.

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Writing for TheJournal.ie, Micheál Martin explains why Fianna Fáil’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment should be seriously considered.

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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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