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Policy Brief – Achieving Gender Equality at Work
On Wednesday, 9 November 2022, Early Childhood Ireland was pleased to attend the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s Care Policy and Practice Conference on Achieving Gender Equality At Work. Focussing on how to achieve gender equality in work, the conference highlighted care and its perception and importance to society. According to IHREC, the fact

Policy Brief – Music in early childhood teacher education
In a recent article, published by the journal Arts Education Policy Review, Alfredo Bautista, Jerry Yeung, Morgan Lisa Mclaren, and Beatriz Ilari aim to raise awareness among educational policymakers, educators, and school leaders about the need to better prepare early childhood educators in music education. Music in early childhood teacher education: raising awareness of a

Policy Brief – Improving Early Equity: From Evidence to Action
At the end of October, the OECD released its latest report, Improving Early Equity: From Evidence to Action, which uses findings from the International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study (IELS) to look at how early equity gaps can be closed. The report shows that the learning gap between disadvantaged children and advantaged children is

Garda Vetting Update 8 November 2022
Early Childhood Ireland is experiencing very high levels of Garda Vetting applications at present. We notice there are duplicate vetting applications submitted on the National Vetting Portal, which can slow down the Garda Vetting process and may be cancelled by the National Vetting Bureau. If you think you made a mistake when inputting an applicant’s

Policy Brief – DCEDIY Survey of Parents 2022
Two weeks ago, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) published the results of a survey of 500 families that was recently undertaken by Ipsos on behalf of the Department. This survey explored the types of early years or school aged care that was accessed by parents, why types of care were

Policy Brief – ESRI Report: Intergenerational Poverty in Ireland
Last week the ESRI published a new report called Intergenerational Poverty in Ireland. This report looks at the persistence of poverty between generations in the Irish context. The motivation for the report is that understanding how strong the association between financial circumstances in childhood and adulthood, including the mechanisms that underpin this relationship, is important
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