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Drawing on research in significantly diverse Irish classrooms, this paper discusses the role of music in schools to facilitate spaces of belonging, agency and inclusion. It highlights that relational teaching, collaborative pedagogical approaches and sensitive handling of religious and cultural diversity are essential for fostering meaningful participation and school community.
- Read more: National Social Monitor The Future Starts Now: Policies for the Next Generation
Social Justice Ireland has published a report titled National Social Monitor The Future Starts Now: Policies for the Next Generation.
- Read more: Ethnicity and Migration in Children’s School Lives
This policy paper focuses on migration and ethnicity in children’s school lives, the third in a three-part series on Equalities produced from the CSL study. Irish primary schools are becoming increasingly diverse, reflecting wider changes in Irish society. CSL has tracked the impact of this diversity on children’s learner identities, aspirations, engagement, wellbeing, and sense…
- Read more: OECD Review of Resourcing Schools to Address Educational Disadvantage in Ireland
The OECD has published its Review of Resourcing Schools to Address Educational Disadvantage in Ireland. This review is an independent analysis meant to support Irish authorities in identifying ways to strengthen the resources and supports provided to students at risk of educational disadvantage in both DEIS and non-DEIS schools.
- Read more: National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy II 2024-2028
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has published the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy II 2024-2028. The strategy is available to download here.
- Read more: Towards a plurilingual Ireland: planting the seeds of linguistic social justice in Education
This policy position paper sets out a vision for a plurilingual and linguistically socially-just Ireland, focusing on schools and education as the key context in which radical change can occur and also where it is most needed. It reviews the merits and gaps of current educational policy and suggests short, medium, and long-term actions that…
