Jennifer Horgan: Teachers aren't responsible for childcare and workplace challenges
Parents should be embarrassed to hear themselves complain about holidays and training days for teachers, writes Jennifer Horgan
Mothers and schools are treated like giant refuse sacks, expected to hold everything, to be everything for everyone, with no attention paid to their capacity or their competing responsibilities. File picture
Jennifer Horgan is a teacher, poet and columnist living in Cork City. Her areas of interest include justice, arts and culture, gender equality and care.
Parents are used to having their say in education. Six months ago, the then minister of education Helen McEntee launched a survey specifically for the parents and guardians of children attending or due to attend primary schools in Ireland.
Staff in primary schools were also invited to engage with three simple questions about preferences for or against same-sex schooling, denominational schooling, and Irish-language schooling.
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