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A former CedarBridge Academy teacher suing the Ministry of Education and the school’s board of governors over her mould-related ill health has lost part of her case.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley struck out a claim by Wendy Robinson that the Ministry fail...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
There is nothing “shocking” about Bermuda’s teenagers planning to launch their careers overseas, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
She told the House of Assembly she would expect the majority of young people at school abroad to sta...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday.
And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A legal challenge against the appointment of a principal at a special school could be launched, The Royal Gazette understands.
A staff member at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, which has about 25 students with multiple physical and cognitive challen...
DATE: Mar 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Ministry of Education is refusing to say whether it has appointed a principal for Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy more than three years after the last one left.
Dr Dena Lister is listed on the Ministry’s website as principal but there has never b...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A teacher who claims she was made seriously ill by mould at CedarBridge Academy is suing the Ministry of Education and the school's board of governors.
Lawyers for Somerset mother-of-three and grandmother Wendy Robinson appeared before a judge on Fri...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Gang members are enrolling at Bermuda's Adult Education Centre to gain their GEDs and, in some cases, learn to read and write.
Young men are using the facility both to try to better themselves educationally and to stay off the streets and out of trou...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonnell has been tasked with improving teaching and learning in public schools almost four years after a team of experts raised the alarm about standards.
Mrs McDonnell will give up her role running the Department of Ed...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways