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[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Metrolink property deals, Grinds 360’s losses and All Together Now https://t.co/FJq2VZZX6q

[Dinnu daniel @daniel_adinnu]

A major US university will soon ban law students from phones and laptops to ensure they learn to think critically without relying on AI. Read that as the University of Chicago Law School’s first move against classroom technology and you’re missing that this is the second time.
Back in 2008, then-dean Saul Levmore removed internet access from most of the school’s classrooms, the first institution-wide policy of its kind, after observing that one student browsing a shopping site could pull an entire row into scrolling within twenty minutes. That policy targeted distraction. This one, announced this month and taking effect this fall for first-year students, targets something structurally different: not students wasting class time, but students outsourcing the thinking the class is supposed to build.
The new policy, laid out in a memo titled “Rethinking Legal Education in the AI Era,” bans laptops, tablets, and phones across all first-year core courses, with narrow exceptions for professor-designated note-taking “scribes” and specific tech-enabled activities like in-class polling. Exams will be taken entirely offline, no internet, no electronic files, no apps.
Here’s what separates this from a simple crackdown. The school explicitly isn’t trying to eliminate AI from legal education. The memo calls that unrealistic, and the curriculum is being restructured to teach AI use deliberately elsewhere, legal writing courses that require students to write without AI but research and revise with it, then have both their draft and their AI use reviewed together, plus upper-level electives focused entirely on building AI tools for legal work. Berkeley Law and UT Austin have made comparable moves this year, restricting default AI use in coursework, but Chicago’s is the broadest device ban among them.
The same law school that pulled the plug on internet access in 2008 over students shoe shopping mid-lecture is now pulling the plug on devices entirely, this time because the distraction isn’t wasting the class. It’s replacing it.

[Oide History Post-primary @Oide_History]

The Draft Specification for Leaving Certificate History has been approved for public consultation.
The consultation period runs from the 2nd of March to the 1st of May.
Click the link below to access the draft specification and the survey.
🔗 https://t.co/V9uwDXKboF

[Sharon Brady @SharonbradyGC]

Time to look at the newest info from SEC and deadlines for new subjects introduced as part of the senior cycle redevelopment

[Mr Lenehan @LenehanNiall]

Looking forward to working with @TraleeESC again in 2026.

@LeeOD095 and I will be delivering a three part series on practical approaches to the new leaving certificate geography specification.

[Conor Murphy @conorsmurf]

My article in today's Irish Times looks at the unintended consequences of the book scheme for the physical books available for students and families.
No more doodling, no more handing down books, fewer books in homes.

[AGTI @TheAGTI]

The AGTI conference 2025 has been cancelled due to poor uptake this year.

[Peter Lydon @peter_lydon]

The @NCCAie has now published the new Leaving Certificate Specification for Geography.

It is concerning that the final draft was never circulated to the Development Group for final checks before being sent to the Senior Cycle Board for approval.

As a result, the Specification sent to the Senior Cycle Board contained a number of factual and geographical errors. These are not matters of interpretation or preference, but clear inaccuracies that undermine the credibility of the document.

When these errors were pointed out to NCCA personnel, they did not engage to correct the errors. In fact, their response was to dismiss the concerns rather than address them.

The NCCA Council approved the Specification but it is not clear whether they knew of the issues with the Specification. The Specification is not the full consensus of the Development Group.

The Minister, or her office, failed even to reply to a request to stay publication until the errors were corrected.

These errors are not trivial. 5 marks can determine whether a student achieves a H1 or a H2. Mistakes in the Specification sow confusion, create doubt with regard to examinations, and undermine student effort. They impact directly on student learning, and attainment.

And Geography is not unique. There are multiple errors across the new Specifications for the Sciences, Business, and others.

Having worked within the Subject Development process, I am left with a profound disappointment and the distinct feeling that the NCCA is not fit for purpose. The development process was rushed to meet calendar deadlines in advance of the summer break.

When the futures of young people are at stake, accuracy and care are not optional.

#edchatie
@IrishSciTeach
@bstaireland
@HMcEntee
@Education_Ire

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

📢 A unique chance to be directly involved at the heart of Senior Cycle redevelopment!

Join @NCCA Subject Development Groups (Tranche 4):

🎨 Art | 📊 Economics | 🇮🇪 Gaeilge | 🗳 Politics & Society | ⚙️ Technology

👉 Apply: https://t.co/WFuawWlsfn

⏳ Deadline: Sept 12th @ 5pm

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

✅ All Tranche 2 Senior Cycle subject specs are now published after consultation:

📊 Accounting | 🏗️ Construction Studies | ⚙️ Engineering | 📚 English | 🌍 Geography | 🌱 Life, Community & Work | 🏃‍♂️ PE

➡️ Available here: https://t.co/Zjz0CubcmL

🗓️ For introduction - Sept 2026

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

The specification for the new Leaving Certificate subject Drama, Film and Theatre Studies which will be introduced for fifth year students in September 2025 has been published today - https://t.co/DACGlyEFm2

Leagan Gaeilge - https://t.co/0KucAH813g

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Minister Foley welcomes publication of 12 new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle programmes - https://t.co/14sdOcibaA

[ASTI @astiunion]

ASTI Press Release: ASTI calls on Minister to defer revised Leaving Cert science subjects: https://t.co/4CcNUH9sqf

[Education_Editor @Edu_Ed_Irl]

@ciaraquill @TG4TV Palermo is great. If you want to escape the city. I suggest the Cefalu. Beautiful historical coastal town with a nice beach. One hour by train along the northern coast from Palermo.

[Education_Editor @Edu_Ed_Irl]

Sad to see jobs and businesses being lost due to the free book scheme.

[School Books Ireland @schoolbooksirl]

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness, we announce that we will cease trading on Friday May 3rd. Due to the implementation of the free book scheme, increased costs of running a business and a decrease in footfall, it is simply no longer viable for us to continue.
#newross

[Department of Education and Youth @Education_Ire]

From September 2024, all schoolbooks and core classroom resources for Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools, including special schools, will be provided to every student free by their school.

More information 👉 https://t.co/e6ShaLMtvt

[University Of Limerick @UL]

The future of education

A UL research team is looking at the impact of ‘far reaching and ambitious’ changes to the Junior Cycle curriculum:
https://t.co/XLvR0Cq90y
#StudyatUL

[Education_Editor @Edu_Ed_Irl]

#edchatie #LCScience #LCBiology

[YN @yvonne_nolan]

@NCCAie the link for consultation on the draft biology syllabus is not working

https://t.co/10gux5P5wa