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Our new report titled ‘Embracing Diversity in all its Forms’: The Voluntary Secondary Sector in Irish Education examines the contribution of the voluntary secondary sector to the Irish education system, taking a holistic view of what schools are doing and how they are doing it.   💡 Learn more about the report: https://lnkd.in/egey-46y   📄 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ePr5mChz

Why is the approach to teaching, including the approach to teaching reading, changing in Victoria?  What do the changes look like?  What does it mean for education equity and engagement?  How can the community sector support the success of the reforms? Find out the answers to these questions and more at our next information session with the Department of Education. Register now: https://lnkd.in/gRqakav3

"Honored to participate in the One-Day International Conference on 'Implementation of National Education Policy-2020' and present my paper on The Role of Education Policy. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to important discussions on the future of education. #NationalEducationPolicy #Conference #AcademicGrowth"

Our 2023 Annual Report is published! Find out how we made a difference in: 🔸 Shaping the future of the right to education 🔸 Challenging inequality in higher education 🔸 Championing the rights of the youngest children 🔸 Challenging profit making in education 🔸 Informing and raising awareness about right to education issues The report is available in English and French: https://lnkd.in/eCfVxXvi

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your proposal for this year's #NationalForum on Education Policy in Washington, D.C., July 10-12! Read our submission guidelines and submit your proposal using this link: https://ow.ly/O9jP50Qy3pe #educationpolicy

What are you’re thoughts on the National Education Policy? Is it a good initiative? Watch me and Shuhaib Nellakkandy discuss the same (https://lnkd.in/gc8h7zSg)

Sincere Congratulations to the Secretary of State for Education. It is heartening to see that virtually all members of the new Cabinet attended state schools. Rachel Reeves the Chancellor was a pupil at the comprehensive where I held my first teaching post! This school had a fair proportion of vulnerable and disadvantaged children; many with low aspirations . I honestly believe that Bridget Phillipson vision of change in education is grounded in reality as the school she attended most certainly would also have had its share of ‘vulnerable and disadvantaged children’. I suggest that attracting teachers into the profession and retaining them can only happen by a focus on some key priorities: 1) creating a work life balance through taking the fear and punitive onerous burden of Ofsted inspection out of the school environment; 2) retaining professional accountability through an inspectorate that evaluates effectiveness in collaboration with schools and offers support to those who need it rather than a ‘judge’ that leaves schools to the mercy of consultants when the going gets tough 3) a secondary curriculum that recognises a one size academic EBACC does not fit all; a curriculum that offers adaptability and autonomy for schools to provide their unique diverse range of children with subject choice including creative technical and vocational routes. 4) Respect for children’s learning needs especially SEND will result in more positive attitudes to learning, reignite enjoyment in learning and therefore less need for draconian punitive behaviour policies 5) an early years curriculum with greater focus on learning through play and a primary curriculum with less focus on subject silos and more interdisciplinary learning; 7) SATs exams to be reviewed as their value is highly debatable as a true indicator of children’s ability and whether they are secondary ready literate /numerate. 8) the use of AI as a teaching aid to assist teachers with a range of admin, assessment and lesson planning tasks I have not mentioned funding but these 8 changes would be very welcome to the profession and I believe raise morale while attracting new recruits and retaining those who are currently disillusioned. The impact of happier teachers and curriculum changes can only impact positively on students through raising aspirations. Department for Education

Opportunities for all in our sector to come together and make these promises a reality for the communities we work in Future First

The Regional Forum on Education Policy 2024 addressed the most urgent challenges facing education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean 🌎 During the event, education specialists and decision-makers brought together theory and practice to outline strategies to address critical contexts in education. Find out more about the highlights and main reflections in the following article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d_7rBqyj

Reading Dr. Garcia's article (blog post) was uplifting. Whether it's a threat from Trump to dismantle the Department of Education or an economic malady, like California's 2008-2009 budget crisis under Governor Schwarzenegger, the uncertainty of economic funding HSI initiatives places us at a crossroads. Right now HSI institutions are surging in enrollments, as educators we are faced with the difficult prospects of reducing or eliminating services to the neediest of our Latine student populations. How will we respond to the challenge of serving our mission to educate Latine students? While we may be at a crossroads we have the resources in our model instructional and student service programs to press forward and meet the challenge. HSI institutional leaders greatest challenge is to refocus their efforts and resources in ways they have not yet conceived. Campus administrators and faculty leaders have to embraced the challenge. The change must be sustainable and will require exhibiting will, strength, and leadership. As educators we have to diminish and eliminate barriers, real or perceived, by reaching out to our Latine low-income, first-generation students, working together to help students achieve their academic goals…that is our challenge and our job!