Sir, – In your editorial “The Irish Times view on junior cycle reform: momentum needs to be maintained” (October 18th), the following line made for worrying reading: “A successful junior ...

Sir, – Frank Milling lists many reasons to endorse junior cycle reform ("Junior cycle reforms are a badly needed corrective", Opinion, January 9th). And there are indeed many wonderful aspects ...

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Secondary school teachers will ballot next month on Junior Cycle Reform. Both the TUI and the ASTI have agreed to ballot their combined 27,000 members who work at more than 700 second-level schools.

and which have severely undermined the capacity of schools to continue to innovate and reform. Minister, teachers will not collude with educationally unsound junior cycle plans for the sake of a ...

The junior cycle reform has also seen an increase to 400 hours, over three years, in curriculum time given to student wellbeing, at the expense of subject teaching. This is also a source of ...

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is forging ahead with arrangements for Junior Cycle reform despite opposition from teacher unions. The minister showed his determination on the eve of today's ...

A new survey shows that most teachers believe plans to reform the Junior Cycle could undermine educational standards. Outlining the findings, the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI ...

Under a recently introduced Junior Cycle framework, which saw significant reform of learning, history lost what was a de facto status as a core Junior Cycle subject. While the subject was ...

TEACHERS’ UNIONS WILL consider new proposals on junior cycle reform, the Minister for Education has said. These were drafted by educationalist Pauric Travers, who was assigned to look at how ...

You can check out at any time. More info Junior Cycle grades will be overhauled ahead of June’s exams as part of plans to be announced by Education Minister Helen McEntee. It is now expected ...

"A new working group on junior cycle reform will meet for the first time this Friday, 17 January. This working group will be a forum where the concerns of the partners can be heard and addressed ...