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Grant Gibbons is clearly, like all of the Island’s politicians, in election mode right now. Newly appointed as Shadow Education Minister, he has a lot to say about how he would improve Bermuda’s in-crisis public school system — and plenty of blame to...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Bermudian schoolchildren will get the chance to meet a former commodities trader described as having one of the quickest mathematical brains on the planet next week.
Students at Berkeley Institute, CedarBridge Academy, Clearwater Middle School, Harri...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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Calls for an Island-wide feeding programme for hungry schoolchildren continue to grow — though not everyone believes the state should provide the solution.
The Royal Gazette reported last week on a group of volunteers from the Seventh-day Adventist C...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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Bermuda's headteachers have for years been sounding the same warnings as an expert team brought in tackle the failing education system, according to the president of the Association of School Principals.
Freddie Evans told The Royal Gazette that the ...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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The chairman of Berkeley Institute's board of governors said on Friday he was keen to hear more about an idea to join the school in a federation with CedarBridge Academy.
Calvin White told The Royal Gazette: "I do think it's an interesting concept an...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons yesterday declared a highly critical report on Bermuda’s public schools as a “complete indictment of the PLP’s management of the education system”.
The former Opposition Leader delivered his verdict a day after...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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The chairman of Bermuda’s “ineffective” board of education admitted yesterday that it lacked strength and welcomed proposals for it to be overhauled.
Raymond Tannock told The Royal Gazette he had shared his concerns with Professor David Hopkins - the...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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A tough talking critique of Bermuda's public schools system which calls for the dismantling and rebuilding of the "mismanaged" Ministry of Education was hailed as a welcome wake up call by teachers last night.
But Bermuda Union of Teachers president ...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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Four of Bermuda’s public schools are failing and most of the others are merely satisfactory or worse, according to what Premier Ewart Brown last night dubbed the “most meaningful and comprehensive” review ever conducted of the education system.
The h...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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A new scholarship for medical students in honour of Dr. James King has been launched by Butterfield Bank and Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB).
Medical practitioner and community leader Dr. King retired as chairman of the bank’s board last month. The bi-...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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