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School

All time
WRC
Mother blasts lack of apology after daughter with spina bifida treated by school staff wearing face masks
2 Aug 2018
30.2k
Debt
Parents turning to moneylenders to cope with back-to-school costs
30 Jul 2018
15.2k
64
Social Protection
Government providing €49.5 million for school clothing scheme, up €2.1 million on last year
25 Jun 2018
7.0k
24
Joe Mulholland
'I tried my best - obviously my best is not good enough': MacGill Summer School founder on gender balance criticism
20 Jun 2018
24.1k
106
school days over
'42 years without missing a day of school': Three Wicklow brothers break record
17 Jun 2018
69.3k
72
Special Needs
School says children 'may have to remain in their wheelchairs' due to SNA cuts
2 Jun 2018
20.2k
26
St Thomas’ Clonshaugh
The last Traveller secondary school in the country has been given another year to plan for closure
31 May 2018
26.5k
39
Integration
The last Traveller secondary school in the country told it's to shut down in June
18 Apr 2018
37.8k
39
let's talk about sex
'Religious groups shouldn't be involved in sex education'
4 Apr 2018
19.4k
123
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you think schools should teach about consent?
3 Apr 2018
36.9k
173
Education
Unions will 'shut down schools' if equal pay for young teachers is not restored
2 Apr 2018
30.9k
168
Snow Day
Schools to decide if they remain closed, rather than department
28 Feb 2018
81.6k
52
Florida
Former student (19) charged with premeditated murder after 17 killed in Florida school shooting
15 Feb 2018
134k
238
expensive attire
This school in Japan is asking parents to buy their children €600 Armani-branded uniforms
10 Feb 2018
35.5k
17
on the run
School lockdown lifted after capture of escaped wolf in UK
18 Jan 2018
20.6k
14
Sexting
13% of secondary school students have sent a nude or semi-nude video of themselves
10 Jan 2018
18.3k
65
louisiania
Death threats sent to US school after video of teacher being handcuffed goes viral
10 Jan 2018
68.5k
82
Equality
Young people want better sex education, gender-neutral toilets and LGBTI history taught in schools
9 Dec 2017
20.9k
222
Anseo
Judge threatens parents with jail over Christmas if their children don't have a 100% school attendance rate
6 Dec 2017
28.8k
boys and girls
Study shows boys perform better when there are more girls in school with them
11 Nov 2017
18.6k
17
Discrimination
'People in council estates won't put down their address on job applications for fear of discrimination'
8 Nov 2017
13.7k
57
Growing up in Ireland
Being overweight or obese is 'major health problem', particularly among children from low-income families
7 Nov 2017
12.2k
39
Misconduct
First 'fitness to teach' hearing due to take place next week
2 Nov 2017
25.7k
16
pass it on
18 outlandish rumours that went around every school in the 2000s
22 Oct 2017
17.8k
2
Growing up in Ireland
Girls and children from disadvantaged backgrounds find it harder to transition to secondary school
19 Oct 2017
10.5k
50
Birmingham
UK court rules that Islamic school's gender segregation is unlawful
13 Oct 2017
17.1k
80
thomas's battersea
A woman who got access to Prince George's school has got a police caution
9 Oct 2017
17.3k
21
tackling obesity
A fruit snack, a glass of milk: Salty or sugary school meals won't get funding
25 Sep 2017
19.3k
39
Education
Parents 'concerned' as principal guilty of assaulting pupil returns to school
22 Sep 2017
45.7k
Parenting
This is why I'm against... homework
Eric Nolan
18 Sep 2017
39.0k
75
ms readathon
'Imaginations flourish': 30 years of good done through the MS Readathon
16 Sep 2017
8.4k
2
Washington
One killed and three injured at high school shooting in tiny US town
13 Sep 2017
14.6k
17
Homelessness
Emotional damage to homeless children should be examined by Children's Ombudsman
2 Sep 2017
5.2k
22
LGBT
'There's a constant fear we will be attacked, intimidated or called slurs'
30 Aug 2017
25.2k
97
may altar
School teacher and caretaker scuffle over Virgin Mary statue
24 Aug 2017
82.3k
199
The Daily Poll
Poll: Would you tell a school principal that you couldn't afford your child's education?
19 Aug 2017
15.7k
51
Manslaughter
Teenage boy found guilty of killing love rival at bus stop in Leeds
18 Aug 2017
17.5k
irish/english
'I don't know what to do': Clashes over Irish-English language split at Connemara crèche
10 Aug 2017
24.8k
30
Minnesota
Two dead and several injured after school explosion in Minneapolis
3 Aug 2017
14.4k
The Daily Poll
Poll: Are you worried about back-to-school costs?
2 Aug 2017
14.5k
91
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