Educate Together

This Saturday the country’s 31 multi-denominational national schools are gathering for their annual meeting in the award-winning North Kildare Educate Together School. The sector will review its progress in the past year, elect its Board of Directors and set its policy objectives for the coming 12 months. The theme of ...read more »

The National office for Educate Together are delighted to announce the official opening of two Educate Together schools, Galway Educate Together National School and Ardee Educate Together National School and would like to congratulate all those who worked so hard to secure their new buildings.

There is a growing clash between the constitutional and international obligations of the State and the predominantly denominational nature of our primary education system.
Our Constitution states very clearly:-
“The State shall not oblige parents in violation of their conscience and lawful preference to send their children to schools established by the ...read more »

Annual figures released today show that the Educate Together sector is continuing to develop apace. Rights-based education is becoming available to more parents and children in spite of the difficulties experienced in obtaining State support for the sector.

Educate Together welcomes the efforts of the Minister to standardise the School Year under the current round of social partnership negotiations “Sustaining Progress”. Such standardisation is helpful to the vast majority of parents who are often juggling work and child-rearing commitments.
During last summer, Educate Together participated in the discussions on ...read more »

Representatives from Educate Together, the national representative body for multi-denominational education in Ireland, attended a public meeting in Tullamore on Monday November 3rd. The meeting was called by a group of local parents who are interested in the development of an Educate Together school in the area. There was great ...read more »

During the year, Educate Together has been approached by groups of parents in areas around Ireland interested in setting up a school. This development is part of a trend of interest in the Educate Together model of school ethos nationwide. At present, there are only denominational schools in many parts ...read more »

Educate Together welcomes the publication of the “Schools and the Equal Status Act” document published today by the Department of Education and Science and the Equality Authority.
This document will be a useful ...read more »

Educate Together is alarmed at the growing crisis for school accommodation in the Donabate/Portrane peninsula.
The Department of Education stated in the Irish Times today “it was Educate Together’s responsibility to find a site” for our new school in Donabate. This is on one hand misleading and on the other hand ...read more »

After a difficult and trying summer, Educate Together is thrilled to announce that three new schools have opened their doors this morning. The schools are in Rush, Newbridge and Wicklow. This brings the ...read more »

After long discussion, debate and great disappointment the Ballina Educate Together Association have decided to delay the opening of their proposed school until 2004.
The group were delighted to be granted recognition by the New Schools Advisory Committee in May 2003. This result was granted after public consultation with other schools ...read more »

Educate Together met the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution today. This meeting was as part of the Committees work in reviewing the sections of the Constitution that deal with Private Property. This review has been requested by an Taoiseach as a result of sustained public concern over the ...read more »

Complete rethink of Department procedures necessary.
Thousands of families in Ireland are being forced to send there children to schools which they feel do not respect or cherish their social, cultural or religious backgrounds.
This is in direct contravention of the Irish Constitution, article 42 section 3;
“The State shall provide for free ...read more »

Complete rethink of Department procedures necessary
Educate Together have been invited to address the OireachtasJoint Committee on Education and Science at 11:30am, July 3rd 2003 at Leinster House.
Educate Together will address two central issues of importance for the Irish educational system.

The state must plan for educational the needs of a rapidly ...read more »

Educate Together welcomes Fr. Brendan’s interest in the prudent use of taxpayers money in education and would join him in encouraging public debate on these issues. From the outset it is important to point out that the Irish primary system of education is a privately owned, publicly funded system. Whilst ...read more »

Educate Together has been invited to address the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science at 11:30am, July 3rd 2003 at Leinster House.

The figures form the 2002 census provide powerful evidence of the irreversible trend towards ethical and social diversity in Ireland. The figures provide more detail of religious and ethical diversity than ever before measured and show dramatic increases in all headings of minority opinion.
These figures emphasise in official statistics, ...read more »

Excellent Photo opportunity: June 12th 9 o’clock, Clane Rd. North Kildare – 250 children walk to their new school.
The pupils, staff and parents at the North Kildare Educate Together School in Celbridge saw a ten-year-old dream realised this week as they moved into a brand new €3.5 million building at ...read more »

Educate Together are delighted to announce the approval of six new Educate Together schools due to start in September.

Representatives of all Educate Together Schools will gather this Saturday in the City of the Tribes to review progress and develop policy.

The Minister for Education and Science, Noel Dempsey has breached commitments made publicly to parents seeking new schools for their children this September. This is seriously harming the ability of parents to plan for their children’s education and may harm the ability of the groups proposing such schools to provide ...read more »

Lucan families forced to move home due to lack of primary school places
Parents in Lucan are feeling extremely anxious due to the huge lack of schooling facilities in the area. In September 2002, a voluntary group of parents opened an Educate Together school in Lucan in response to the lack ...read more »

As Spring enters its second month parents in Lucan begin to panic.

“Cherishing Children’s Rights” will take place on the 28th February-1st March, 2003 at City West Hotel Dublin. The conference will focus on children’s rights and practical issues on the delivery of the ethical core curriculum in Educate Together schools. Many of the speakers are parents who passionately believe they have ...read more »

We are constantly told that people are busier then ever before, that time is the new currency…. yet hundreds of parents in Ireland have been increasingly taking the future of their children’s education into their own hands.
Throughout the country, voluntary groups of parents are establishing and developing schools, which are ...read more »

Educate Together are pleased to announce the application of South Kildare Educate Together for a new school due to start in September 2003.Educate Together is confident that the development of South Kildare Educate Together school in Newbridge is clearly in the public interest. It will clearly contribute to the balanced ...read more »

Educate Together are pleased to announce the application of Rush/Lusk Educate Together for a new schools due to start in September 2003.
Educate Together’s interim assessment of the current demand for its schools in such areas of rapid housing development indicates more that more than 40% of new parents would ...read more »

The publication of the list for the capital programme for Primary School Building shows the continuing policy of the Department of Education and Science to restrict the development of diversity in Irish education.

Educate Together are pleased to announce the application of Limerick City East Educate Together for a new school due to start in September 2003.

For opinions column.
Department of Education and Science to restrict the development of diversity in Irish education.
Whilst the Minister’s commitment to transparency in publishing the various lists is greatly to be welcomed, the list highlights once again the abject failure of the state to provide for the basic accommodation requirements ...read more »

Educate Together are pleased to announce the application of Ballina Educate Together for a new schools due to start in September 2003.
Over the past few years, there has been a steady increase in demand for Educate Together education in Mayo. This is part due to the renewed economic development in ...read more »

Paul Rowe, Chairperson, Educate Together
Paper Presented to the Marino Institute Conference on School Culture and Ethos, March 20th 2000.
Introduction
I would like to present to you some of the experience of the Educate Together movement in handling the atmosphere and culture within which our schools operate. But firstly by introduction, let ...read more »