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Middle school students are enjoying better marks in English and science, although maths remains a concern, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
The Middle School Transformation Plan, launched in July last year, appears to be making inroads, with...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Close to 200 families attended Bermuda’s International School Fair — the biggest of its kind held on the Island.
The event, at the Fairmont Southampton and organised by Tory Dodge of Schools To Know, invited some 95 schools from America, Britain and ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A judge has allowed for the enactment of new school parent council rules in the face of a court challenge by the Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association.
Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman ruled against the injunction, or “stay”, on the Ministry of Educ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Lack of affordable, quality care for Bermuda’s preschool children is an issue of major concern according to a landmark new report.
The Zero to Three In Bermuda report identified a number of critical gaps in the general provision of preschool educatio...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The transfers of some 30 teachers and six principals are hanging in the balance less than two weeks before the start of the new school term as arguments rumble in the courts over whether parents were properly consulted about the moves.
The Bermuda Pa...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
“Children must come first,” was the message from Minister of Education Wayne Scott yesterday as he welcomed a court decision allowing teachers and principals to go ahead with their transfers.
Mr Scott spoke to The Royal Gazette outside the Civil Cour...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association claims the Ministry of Education wants to “fatally wound” it with planned changes to the education system.
Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said the ministry intended to turn the BPTSA and othe...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A judge has questioned the timing of an attempt to block teacher and principal transfers — two weeks before the new school term.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association was in Civil Court yesterday to seek a judicial review against the Ministr...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The president of the Parent Teacher Association at Prospect Primary School has defended the Department of Education’s consultation process over the transfer of its principal Shangri-La Durham Thompson.
Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association has w...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Parent Teacher Association at Clearwater Middle School is exploring avenues to prevent the transfer of its principal — at a time when five more teachers are also set to leave.
President of the school’s PTA Tanya Dyer said she had only been infor...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan