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Education: thinking outside the box
Sir Robert Salisbury has been commended for turning round the Garibaldi School, a failing post-primary in Nottinghamshire, and has reviewed…
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Why education matters: moving beyond segregation
NICIE calls for the education system to model a genuinely integrated and shared future. A failure to engage with historic…
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Policy innovations
agendaNi considers local educational policies which have learnt from the successes of other countries and regions. Northern Ireland parties tend…
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Supporting schools to hear the pupil voice
An overview of the work of the Participation Support Programme. The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is a leading research and…
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Reform of teacher training still on track
Michael McKernan summarises Stephen Farry’s plans to integrate teacher training. It was Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry himself who…
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ESA update
Peter Cheney analyses the continued delay in setting up the Education and Skills Authority. Almost eight years after the Education…
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The Dickson Plan dispute
A radical shake-up of Craigavon’s Dickson Plan could have wider implications, Michael McKernan writes. Although he denies that they are…
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GCE Software Systems Development
ICT is popular with pupils and the new qualification will open doors in a growing economic sector. From this September…
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Inner city junior highs
Michele Marken discusses her ideas for improving achievement in Protestant working class areas with Peter Cheney. The flag and parading…
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Education Committee: a progress report
A less combative atmosphere has allowed the Education Committee to make more progress since the 2011 election. agendaNi profiles its…
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