Tusla is in perpetual crisis. Researchers and advocacy groups have been making the same recommendations for over a decade. As new Minister for Children, Norma Foley has a chance to make history by simply following the recommendations previous governments have sat on...

McEntee to push ahead with €9m smartphone pouches plan despite study casting doubt over their merits

My paper with @taraciric.bsky.social on School Attendance Ensuring that students are listened to, believed, and empowered to actively participate in shaping their educational experiences, we can create successful educational pathways for ALL students www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...

Interesting that AI was partially at fault for not allowing continuous assessment but now that it's in service of the Leaving Cert it's permissible

If the State removes children from their families there is an assumption that they can do better. At the very least to provide a safe place to live. And that's just not the case for so many children in care right now.

12,722 children are now overdue an assessment of need. Some of us 'completed' the assessment a year ago and still await a service statement. We have nothing. I shared Doireann's story on @newstalkfm.bsky.social in an attempt to illustrate that a complete assessment is just the first step. What then?

Crisis also breeds crisis as we put out fires rather than creating long term sustainable futures...