Brian Fleming

author | former principal | educational consultant | researcher I education | history | equity

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School management will obviously have authorised these beforehand but is it really appropriate or necessary to have photos of students heading into their Leaving Cert Paper 1 exam this morning? Aren’t they nervous enough without these images in the national media!? #edchatie

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🕯️It is with deep regret that we announce the passing in Dublin this morning of Holocaust Surviver
Tomi Reichental

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@francisbogere6 1955

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@utdjohnyy No; Duncan Edwards, Bobby Charlton, George Best etc etc

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@patcooney_365 @LeopardstownRC @irishracing @RTEracing Easily the best I ever saw.

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@Unitedti @Utdcen Liam Whelan

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@Mainoo_Xtra Yes, I agree Jim Thwaites is very impreesive and if he keeps developing he could turn out to be a great midfielder.

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@Mufcjnr1 What about Jim Thwaites

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@i_horseracing I think it's not valid to compare over such a timespan as the circumstances are not the same. M.V. and A. P. both in the genius category.

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@fallon_donal Yes, years ago.

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@Cantonadevils Agreed; if he keeps developing he could be a really outstanding player.

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Thanks to the opinions editor @irishexaminer for publishing our piece on the latest iteration of the DEIS Programme https://t.co/Mm6o1C3GSs

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Yes, it is common practice to exaggerate what PISA results mean..

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

@rosamariatorres I don't think we can use results on PISA to identify better education systems: too many variables and not enough data points. That said, I think you are right to point out that most of the highest scoring jurisdictions have massive amounts of after school tutoring...

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RETWEET if you stand with Pope Leo against Donald Trump!

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A harsh view, imo. His move to Foreign Ed in the @IrishTimes was announced some time ago and Niamh Towey was appointed to fill the vacancy about 10 days ago.

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Was wondering why there hasn’t been any education articles by Carl O’Brien in @IrishTimes lately, it appears he has moved on to pastures new
So who is currently the Education Editor? Hopefully they won’t write articles by cutting and pasting Dept of Ed press releases. #edchatie

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I agree; this move by the DEY could prove very damaging with long-lasting consequences, particularly in dual union schools.

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Would hate to be in a staffroom of any secondary school where there are members of @TUIunion, members of @astiunion & non-unionised teachers in the weeks after the Easter break following the circular from Dept of Ed re: posts of responsibility for Senior Cycle reform. #edchatie

[Brian Fleming @bflemingauthor]

Yes, that's the problem with PISA; it presents a simplistic picture and is open to widespread & inaccurate deductions and claims. Zhao covers this in detail in "Two decades of havoc: A synthesis of criticism against PISA."

[K. @K02568]

PISA doesn’t measure the education system of today, it measures how 15 year olds have been taught over roughly the last 10 years.
Ireland scored very well in PISA 2022, but those students came through before the latest wave of NCCA / Dept of Ed reforms.
The real verdict on this new curriculum will come when today’s primary pupils sit PISA in the mid 2030s. I predict (and fear) we will see a serious drop in outcomes as a result of reforms.

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MISSING CHILD #DUBLIN💙

Eanna (15) left home in Crumlin/Kimmage this morning (Tues) to travel by 82 bus from the Ashleaf SC to School in the Wellington/Orwell/Spawell area of Templeogue D6W

She didn’t arrive in school and she hadn’t taken her phone or her ATM card

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