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'''Educate Together''' is an organisation in the [[Republic of Ireland]] which sets up and runs [[Multidenominational school|multidenominational]], [[coeducation]]al schools. It was founded in 1984 as a result of the [[Dalkey School Project]] to found a multidenominational [[primary school]].<ref>[http://www.educatetogether.ie/pdf_downloads/Translations%20WIAETS/WIAETS_2006_EN_small.pdf What is an Educate Together School?], Educate Together.</ref> |
'''Educate Together''' is an organisation in the [[Republic of Ireland]] which sets up and runs [[Multidenominational school|multidenominational]], [[coeducation]]al schools. It was founded in 1984 as a result of the [[Dalkey School Project]] to found a multidenominational [[primary school]].<ref>[http://www.educatetogether.ie/pdf_downloads/Translations%20WIAETS/WIAETS_2006_EN_small.pdf What is an Educate Together School?], Educate Together.</ref> |
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Educate Together is the patron of |
Educate Together is the patron of 65 [[National school (Ireland)|national school]]s in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>[http://www.educatetogether.ie/our-schools Educate Together Schools], Educate Together.</ref> |
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Educate Together has also applied to open 6 multi-denominational second-level schools opening in 2013/14.<ref>[http://www.educatetogether.ie/2_campaigns/secondlevelet.html Educate Together Second-Level Project], Educate Together.</ref> |
Educate Together has also applied to open 6 multi-denominational second-level schools opening in 2013/14.<ref>[http://www.educatetogether.ie/2_campaigns/secondlevelet.html Educate Together Second-Level Project], Educate Together.</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:57, 18 September 2012
Educate Together is an organisation in the Republic of Ireland which sets up and runs multidenominational, coeducational schools. It was founded in 1984 as a result of the Dalkey School Project to found a multidenominational primary school.[1] Educate Together is the patron of 65 national schools in the Republic of Ireland.[2] Educate Together has also applied to open 6 multi-denominational second-level schools opening in 2013/14.[3]
History
Even today, the majority of primary schools in the Republic of Ireland are owned by religious communities (or boards of governors).[4] Before multi-denominational education, some of those involved in education in Ireland, such as Florrie Armstrong, questioned the denominational nature of the system and the need to have students of different faiths in different schools.[5]
Dalkey School Project
The organisation has its roots in the Dalkey School Project founded in 1975.[6] The organisers of the school met opposition from a conservative Catholic group that circulated a leaflet in the Dalkey area alleging that the new school was "atheistic", "divisive", "hostile to religion" and "a precedent for major trouble in other areas".[6]
The school opened at the start of the 1978-79 school year in temporary premises with Florrie Armstrong as the school principal.[5]
Established
By 1984 two other multi-denominational schools had been started and Educate Together was established as their patron body.[7]
Growth
The number of schools run by the organisation has grown: in 2007 it was 40, in 2008 it was 44 and today it is 60. Five new primary schools will be opened in Ashbourne, Ballinteer, Stepaside, Kildare Town and Tallaght/Citywest in September 2012.[8][9][10]
By 2009 Educate Together had become the fastest-growing patron of schools in the Republic of Ireland.[11]
Secondary schools
Educate Together is interested in establishing multi-denominational secondary schools and applied to be patron of a new school to be opened in Lucan in 2008, but the application was unsuccessful and the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee became patron. This decision was reviewed in 2010 and the then Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, invited Educate Together to enter into discussion with CoDubVEC on the joint management of the school.
Educate Together was also involved in the public consultation pilot scheme the Department of Education and Skills initiated to award patronage of the new second level school planned for Gorey, Co Wexford. Following a successful submission to the Department, local parent preferences were invited through a Departmental survey and though Educate Together received 957 preferences, patronage was awarded to Co Wexford VEC which scored 1,900.
[10] Research published by Trinity College in 2008 showed that 90 per cent of parents who sent their children to an Educate Together school would send their children to a secondary school based on the same model if it was available. In January 2011 the Department of Education and Skills published its plans to build post-primary schools in nine new areas between 2012 and 2016.[12] Educate Together has active Second Level Support Groups across the country and the Drogheda group, for example, has over 700 expressions of interest from local parents interested in an Educate Together Second Level School.[13]
See also
References
- ^ What is an Educate Together School?, Educate Together.
- ^ Educate Together Schools, Educate Together.
- ^ Educate Together Second-Level Project, Educate Together.
- ^ "Overview of the Irish education system". www.citizensinformation.ie.
- ^ a b "Pioneer of Irish multi-denominational education". The Irish Times. 9 January 2010.
- ^ a b Denis O'Sullivan. Cultural politics and Irish education since the 1950s. Institute of Public Administration. p. 200.
- ^ About Educate Together
- ^ "'New' Ireland to open 20 more schools next year". Irish Independent. 3 October 2007.
- ^ "Church willing to hand over control of primary schools". Irish Independent. 28 June 2008.
- ^ a b Gráinne Faller (4 April 2010). "Where will Educate Together students go for second-level?". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Regulation of school patronage urged". The Irish Times. 4 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=10861&pcategory=10861&ecategory=10876§ionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=2&doc=52050
- ^ "'Society in Ireland has changed so much...'". Irish Independent. 17 September 2008.