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- State retains teaching jobs but slashes school grantsTHE Government is rowing back on plans to cut teachers in disadvantaged and small rural schools -- but at a price.
- Video: New York teacher investigated ... for spitting at unruly student A MATHS teacher in Queens, New York was secretly filmed on a mobile struggling with a male student before appearing to spit in the boy's face.
- Checklist can tell if toddlers' language skills are up to scratchA SIMPLE test which identifies toddlers struggling with speech as early as two could prevent them falling behind their peers, researchers claim.
- Fears for pupils of Catholic schools set for closure in NorthPUPILS at five Catholic post-primary schools in Northern Ireland will return from a mid-term break to learn their schools will not reopen after the summer holidays.
- One in seven teenage pupils skip lunchONE-IN-SEVEN youngsters go without lunch on a typical day, research suggests.
- Capital among top student cities for education . . . and craic DUBLIN has been rated as one of the best student cities in the world -- and "the craic" has a lot to do with it.
- ‘Shag’ week survey reveals that seven out of ten students have unprotected sexMORE than seven out of 10 students have had unprotected sex but have never been tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to research.
- Video games 'more creative than reading' for kidsMIDDLE-CLASS parents should not be afraid of letting their children play computer games because the experience is more creative than reading, a leading playwright has claimed.
- High-speed broadband for all secondary schools 'by 2014'EVERY secondary school in the country is to get industrial-speed broadband to allow for interactive teaching within two-and-a-half years as the Government plays catch-up with our international neighbours.
- Watch out Ruairi! Cuts to small schools spell big trouble For the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn it is political dynamite. The Government's Value-for-money Review of Small Primary Schools is currently being drawn up.
