712 results returned for search: "education AND " author Sam Strangeways
A permanent commissioner of education to take over from US expert Henry Johnson is being sought by Government.
The $150,000-a-year postholder will need to have at least 15 years experience in education, with ten at a senior executive management level...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Students could get the chance to try their hand at 12 different trades in their first year at senior school if an idea for a more "blended" education system is adopted.
A working party advising the interim executive board on education has proposed th...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief yesterday lambasted both political parties for failing to fix Bermuda's education system — and unveiled his own radical plan for change.
The outspoken former senator — who lost his Cabinet post after the last G...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Colin Palmer is a man on a mission. His plan? To create a technical school which will build a Bermudian workforce proficient in all trades for the future.
The former teacher and college lecturer is passionate enough to have written an 80,000 word boo...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Reading was top of the agenda for students across the Island this week as they celebrated International Literacy Day.
Education Minister El James paid a visit to Purvis Primary School to learn about pupils' progress, while members of Bermuda Reading ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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We are all born free — that was the message given to primary school students as they were presented with illustrated books depicting the rights of every human on earth.
Amnesty International Bermuda is donating a hardback children's version of the Un...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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Government MP Lovitta Foggo has warned of the "negative labels" schools could end up with if their exam results are made public each year.
The Ministry of Education plans to start publishing test results in 2009 to improve accountability as part of t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Bermuda Union of Teachers today called for the immediate resignation or removal of Philip Butterfield, chairman of the interim executive board on education.
BUT president Keisha Douglas said comments made by Mr. Butterfield on Tuesday about teachers ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Ousted former Education Minister Randy Horton has refuted claims that there has been an exodus of students from the failing public school system.
Mr. Horton, who was sacked by the Premier earlier this month for not implementing educational reform fas...
DATE: Nov 17, 2008
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When The Royal Gazette launched its A Right to Know: Giving People Power campaign in January, one of the aims was to highlight for readers what they would be allowed to know if they lived in a country with freedom of information.
Millions of citizens...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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