Discussing the case fort teaching philosophy in schools – and planned reform of the Leaving Certificate Politics and Society curriculum – for the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast:

More than 15 years ago, a report of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) identified “an existing gap in senior cycle education in the area of social and political sciences and in the area of philosophy”. Since then, the Leaving Certificate subject of politics and society has been introduced – it is 10 years old this year. But hopes of a philosophy course have been dashed.

Full article here…