Simon Lewis·Jun 12, 2025Irish teachers — Thinking of dipping your hand in your pocket for AI classroom tools?If you’ve been anywhere near the internet lately, you’ve probably heard about AI and how it’s going to change education forever (again)…
Simon Lewis·Jun 7, 2025The Catholic Church Has the Least to Lose if Sacraments Leave SchoolsYou don’t need much imagination to picture the scene: an eight-year-old girl and her mother, side by side at a salon, getting their…
Simon Lewis·Jun 7, 2025How I made my email signatureA number of people have asked me about my email signatures and how I made them so I thought I’d make this very short tutorial to show you…
Simon Lewis·May 27, 2025Where Are All the Men in Primary School Teaching?Walk into any Irish primary school and you may find that male teachers are a rare sight. Men have become an endangered species in Ireland’s…
Simon Lewis·May 23, 2025Has School Attendance Monitoring Become Worse? (I found out after getting into trouble.)Last week the media reported on a Department of Education plan to tackle attendance issues in primary schools. I found myself on the radio…
Simon Lewis·May 7, 2025Social Democrats’ ‘Genius’ MotionThe Social Democrats are tabling a motion in Dáil Éireann essentially asking for the government to reinstate its position on opening 400…
Simon Lewis·May 4, 2025I Don’t Want a Support Group — I Want RepresentationWhy the absence of diverse voices in Irish education isn’t an accident
Simon Lewis·Apr 29, 2025In 1969, They Defended Corporal Punishment. In 2025, It’s Patronage.In the Irish Times obituary of Dr Cyril Daly, it states that when he campaigned for the abolition of corporal publishment, he has many…
Simon Lewis·Apr 23, 2025Why the word Secular is harming those who want progressive educationOne of the most unhelpful outcomes of the INTO Congress was their use of the word “secular” which they used in their survey on religion in…A response icon1A response icon1
Simon Lewis·Apr 21, 2025Vibe coding my Holiday AppI developed a webapp for my holiday in Barcelona, which allowed me to plan each day using a drag and drop schedule. It’s very simple but…
