Jennifer Horgan: A loving system puts children at the centre of education

Jennifer Horgan. Picture: Larry Cummins

WHAT do you think of when you hear the word ‘system’?

I think of steel pipes, something with a fixed structure designed to remain in place or I think of something written, mapped out — a ledger of some kind, all lines and columns and categories. A system on paper has no blurs or blotches; it’s clearly structured.