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Interview 31: Deirdre O'Toole
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Episode Interview 31: Deirdre O'Toole
Deirdre O’Toole is one of Ireland’s best known educators. She started her well-known Instagram page in 2018 - the Playful Classroom, which explored early infant education - but had since become heavily involved in teaching and learning reading. She took it upon herself to bring the Right to Read conference to Ireland and this will take place next weekend, 21st March 2026. All 400 tickets sold out in under 90 minutes.
Deirdre and I have never met in real life (that’s going to happen at the INTO Congress this year) but we first came across each other over 20 years ago on the Education Posts Forum, where many teachers of our vintage got their first taste of online discussions.
You can find Dee on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook and keep an eye out for resources from the Right to Read Conference.
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