“A shortage of qualified teachers is forcing students to turn to grind schools in greater numbers, deepening the divide between the haves and have-nots in society, school principals say. Mary Keane, president of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, says a ‘staffing crisis’ means many schools have opened this year without a full complement of qualified staff …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 18 October]