What’s the point of the primary ethos survey? https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-the-primary-school

The State does not need another survey; it needs the courage to act on the evidence it already has. https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-the-primary-school

What’s the point of the Primary School Ethos survey? https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-the-primary-school

Action Plan for Irish in English-Medium Schools explained (Subscribers Only Podcast) https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/action-plan-for-irish-in-english

Why a Growing School Lost a Teacher and What It (Again) Says About Patronage https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/why-a-growing-school-lost-a-teacher

The 2014 guidelines don’t promote inclusion — at best they sanitise exclusion. https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/10-reasons-the-departments-guidance

In all other aspects of the education system, teachers’ recommendations for SNAs, supports, therapies, etc. are completely ignored and have no grounding in any allocation of services. Under AON, teachers are being asked to make those very judgments without being trained diagnosticians, resourced psychologists, or experts in therapy. http://simonmlewis.substack.com/

You’d hardly forgive me for not using AI to summarise the Department’s guidance on the use of AI in schools. I used Notebook LM mainly to do this free podcast and summary. https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence