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4 months agoCiara Kelly: Grade inflation turned the Leaving Cert into a completely unequal playing field. Why are we still leaving future students to suffer?
Round two of CAO offers are out today and I suspect it'll be busy due to, what's this we're calling it, volatility in points for courses. Volatility, also known as a huge hike in points for the majority of degree courses in our top universities. Yes, the attempt at grade deflation didn't work to bring down course requirements, so we still saw kids with 625 points missing out on their first preferences while places were awarded by the random selection lottery.
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5 months agoThe Wire: Layoffs at Berkeley Lab; Robert Reich's new memoir
Robert Reich's memoir addresses personal and national challenges.
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