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Once again, we're running our postgraduate certificate in Ethical and Multi-denominational Education in St Patrick's College of Education, from September 2013. Last year's course was a great success with one of the participants commenting that the course 'really encouraged deep reflection on current ethical issues in education'.  Modules deal with: Philosophies of Ethical and Multi-denominational...

It's all hands on deck at the moment with regard to our 5 summer courses. A huge amount of work has gone into writing, developing, producing and promoting these courses and they are fantastic! Genuinely, we've had great feedback on the courses to date and are busy preparing for our annual frenzied onslaught of applications. This year we have tweaked and changed the format of some courses. In...

Plans come to fruition as Educate Together and Co Dublin VEC sign the model agreement for Kishoge Community College What a week! In the space of 7 days, we have signed the Model Agreement for Kishoge Community College, held the first Interim Board of Management meeting for Ballymakenny College, and seen the planning permission for that fantastic school building passed by Drogheda Town Council....

Does our arts education fairly reflect the latest research? How can Ireland’s cultural institutions build on the ambitions of the Arts In Education Charter? What have we learnt from the work of these institutions over their many years of practice? The Lighting a Fire conference took place on Friday April 19th in the National Gallery of Ireland. Educate Together was represented at the conference...

Results of surveys of parental preference are in… In a nutshell: new schools! 43 areas surveyed. 25 Educate Together schools recommended. In 15 areas, demand for change judged to be insufficient to recommend a new school. Educate Together was the alternative school of choice in all areas we contested (39) save one. This is a great testament to the outstanding work of the teachers and volunteers...

A big thank you to everyone who took part in One Day Together. Whether you organised an event, sponsored someone, made a donation or got a free pizza, every bit helps us to: support our schools to provide a truly child-centred education, open more schools to give balance to the system and choice to parents and, develop a second-level education that is fit for purpose in today's rapidly-changing...

We are 15,353 pupils,65 schools,918 teachers & 250+ SNAs. Help keep us going &growing.Donate to #onedaytogether ow.ly/izXhl — Educate Together (@EducateTogether) March 22, 2013 A big thank you to everyone who took part in One Day Together. Whether you organised an event, sponsored someone, made a donation or got a free pizza, every bit helps us to: support our schools to provide a truly...

Vote for Jude!Doodle for Google competition  Carrigaline Educate Together National School 5th Class Student Jude O’Brien Ford aged 11 has reached the final 75 in the Google drawing competition that was open to all students attending a school in the Republic of Ireland. He is one of 15 in the Group 3 category. Winners of this stage are decided by public votes. The school are looking for support...

We here at Educate Together would like to take this opportunity to inform you that we are relocating the national office to a building in Dublin city! Hurray!!  As the school community continues to grow rapidly, the national office relocation to Dublin city centre will enhance our ability to provide an excellent service to the expanded network.  So we say goodbye to our current location in...