One of the country’s biggest teaching unions voted against Leaving Cert reform at the weekend citing resources and capacity.  

But another concern is a lack of guidance on the use of AI by students.  While the Department of Education is working on guidelines here, Estonia is putting AI into the classrooms for 16 years from September.  

Fran and David speak to Estonia’s Education Minister Kristina Kallas and she explains how teachers and students are embracing it.  

One of the country’s biggest teaching unions voted against Leaving Cert reform at the weekend citing resources and capacity. But another concern is a lack of guidance on the use of AI by students. While the Department of Education is working on guidelines here, Estonia is putting AI into the classrooms for 16 years from September. Fran and David speak to Estonia’s Education Minister Kristina Kallas and she explains how teachers and students are embracing it.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tune in for insightful and informed conversation as three of RTÉ’s top journalists, David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty digest some of the news stories of the day. Expect deep dives, analysis, interesting guests and maybe even some laughs along the way. 

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Tune in for insightful and informed conversation as three of RTÉ’s top journalists, David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty digest some of the news stories of the day. Expect deep dives, analysis, interesting guests and maybe even some laughs along the way.&nbsp;Email: <a class="relay-http-link" href="mailto:behindthestory@rte.ie">behindthestory@rte.ie</a>New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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