In a nod to Friel’s portrayal of Ireland’s rural communities ... the project will feature a “hedge school” – named after the secret Catholic schools of the 18th and 19th centuries ...

Brazil Petrobras oil workers staged a nationwide strike March 28 while 5,000 workers and students marched in Chile Sunday against regressive changes to pensions.

For centuries children were even educated in secret “hedge schools,” and yet had levels of education that few professors would have today. Ireland had been the greatest centre of learning in the ...

1998 – Benson & Hedges Jordan, as the team was now known ... and he bought his own kart on his return to Ireland. 1971 – Blessed with a natural talent for the sport, Jordan entered and ...

It is a saga that has played out repeatedly in New Jersey: Parents, students and alumni mourning the loss of a beloved Catholic school. The latest example is in Middlesex County, where the ...

A Catholic school in Middlesex County will permanently close in June due to declining enrollment, according to the local parish. The Immaculate Conception School in Spotswood enrolls students in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Diocese of Grand Rapids recently announced the selection of its next superintendent of Catholic schools, replacing 15-year Superintendent Dave Faber. Faber, who announced ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany has announced two Catholic schools in the Capital Region are slated to close. The diocese says it weighed financial, enrollment and infrastructure challenges ...

Catholic schools in Paris will be forced to shut down 10 classes in September 2025, Le Figaro has learned. It’s a drop in the bucket compared to the wave of closures in public schools ...

For countless children in Ireland’s Catholic primary schools, confirmation is usually celebrated when they are 12 years old on the cusp of adolescence, in the final months of their final year of ...

If passed, the bill could trigger an influx of students to Catholic schools, the largest private school network in Texas. According to Helen Osman, communications consultant for the Texas Catholic ...

Routledge recently published the book "School Choice in Europe," which brings ... how education markets work in 11 countries, from Ireland to Ukraine. The lead editor is Robert Maranto, Twenty ...