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Eemer Eivers
@eemereivers.bsky.social
Research consultant | Interests: equity, evaluation, education, early school leaving (fond of the letter E!), anything Wexford.
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"Yes, the killing happens now, but there'll be plenty of time later to write very moving stories about the shape and shade of the bones."

The precision of this. My god.
August 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Silicon Valley is lighting hundreds of billions of dollars on fire to generate this slop.
July 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨Minister Givan has appointed me to a panel to review aspects of Northern Ireland's school funding model. I worked on the last major review (way back in 2012-13) & have published on effects of different models, so looking forward to it!
🔗 www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/indepen...
#edusky #speirgorm
Independent Panel to review Baseline School Funding announced
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced the independent panel to undertake the Review of Baseline School Funding Provided Through the Common Funding Formula (CFF).
www.education-ni.gov.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm not generally a big fan of the clergy but Brother Kevin will be greatly missed. The incredible work of the Capuchin Day Centre in providing meals and supports to those in need is quite a legacy. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
#RIPBrKevin #SpeirGorm
July 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Another @irishtimes.com article flogging the services of private schools. Research shows NO academic "added-value" from them. Want your child to succeed? Read & talk to them as much as possible, as young as possible. Be a parent, not an investor. #SpeirGorm #edusky
www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
School fees: how to save €50,000 to pay for children’s school or college costs
When should you start saving? ‘When a child is born’
www.irishtimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thrilled to announce the 10 finalists in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social #Bloomsday young writer competition.

Caterina's entry was the judges' fav:
museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/
And she's still in primary school! Wow.

She just pipped ... 1/2
June 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Apparently coordinated political assassinations at this early stage in Trump’s dismantling of democracy is beyond my worst imaginings. Just awful.
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do.
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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"Barbara Santini is a psychologist who has been quoted hundreds of times in news publications around the world - including the Telegraph, BBC and Independent - and who, I can now state with certainty, does not exist."
pressgazette.co.uk/news/fake-ex...
Journalists are adding extra checks to keep ahead of the fake experts
Fake experts and SEO: How journalists must adopt new checks to keep one step ahead of AI-generated responses provided by fake experts.
pressgazette.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do.
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪
June 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Irish summer is a no-show, so channeling a bit of Greece to cheer me up. Homemade Freddo Espresso, the coffee of the Gods! Not a bad effort for an ιρλανδέζα but it doesn’t taste the same in the rain.☔️ ☹️
June 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our @museumofchildhood.bsky.social blog for #Bloomsday!
A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social
#JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives
museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅
#Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Heartbreaking piece from Palestinian writer and translator Alaa Alqaisi.
We screamed through every outlet we had — in Arabic and English, in poems and press releases, in death tolls and testimonies... And we got the answer. We got it loud and clear.

arablit.org/2025/05/23/w...
We Knocked Until Our Hands Broke
Gaza-based Palestinian author Alaa Alqaisi asks herself the question posed more than half a century ago at the end of Ghassan Kanafani’s “Men in the Sun”: Why didn’t they knock on…
arablit.org
May 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Some amazing new Irish children's books out in May for all ages.

Thanks to @bexsheridan.bsky.social for creating the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters.

Please do share this post and let everyone know about these brilliant new books. Together let's help children #discoveririshkidsbooks
May 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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1/ Thrilled that the new Milly McCarthy has landed - she’s off to the Gaeltacht - a rite of passage for many!! You can order Milly McCarthy’s Wild Atlantic Antics at halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... or pick up a copy in store! @leonaforde1.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Finally sharing pics of @childrensbooksireland.ie Reading for Joy Forum. It highlighted some good work in Ireland to support reading. ANNDD I'd a keynote on the Reading Communities evaluation (great to get a physical copy of the report!). Between MOLI, enthusiastic readers & sunshine, a great day!
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Fair points about non-attendance. The simplest way to improve attendance is to reduce massive illness rates. Since 2020, most countries have shown large increases in missed days in school/work, from kids & adults. Surveys won’t fix it, but cleaner air just might. #edusky #SpeirGorm
"We have the tools to reduce the number of infections in schools, but we are simply not using them properly, or at all."

We have issued this press release in response to the "highly alarming" school absence figures (from 2022-23) released yesterday by the Minister for Education.
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For National Childhood Services Week
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369
Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy!
#CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
May 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre is proud to present Bloomsday Villages: Ringsend & Irishtown on June 12-16th.

The events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. For more information, please email ringsenddistricthistorical@gmail.com.
May 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My "Every Child a Reader" evaluation is out! When schools get 1,000 books & a Champion of Reading:
➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes
I discuss how we must:
➡️ support primary school libraries
➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils
childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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You can find out how many of these employers have pay equity and female representation at senior levels by visiting paygap.ie
May 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Nice to be in today’s Sunday Business Post. My thoughts on importing Trumpugee academics. Our gov’t might first try to properly fund the sector, offer a decent living wage & career path for PhDs & post-docs. Post-docs are leaving research because of terrible pay & conditions. #speirgorm
May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just to note that if you are a primary teacher, we will accept photos of handwritten entries. You do NOT need to type them for entry. Once we can read them, that's all that matters! (In response to some worried queries)
🚨**Deadline Extended***

By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky
May 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM