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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
A government worker has cooked up a pot luck luncheon that she hopes will raise necessary funds for her to return to school.
Christine Jones, 24, said when she was accepted into Shillington College to study media arts she was elated.
The receptionist...
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Online classes are being taught by chat room as the Bermuda College tries to meet the needs of a web-savvy student population.
College President Duranda Greene said students today socialised, communicated and learned in different ways including by p...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A Bermuda-based reinsurance company has donated $50,000 to help “Bermudians from all walks of life” get their GED diplomas.
Ariel Re, which says it believes education is key to the success of local people and the Island itself, donated the cash to t...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Government's Adopt-a-School Programme has raised $70,000 towards the upkeep of the Island's public schools.
In the latest donation, the Ministry of Education announced that Somerset Primary School had received $10,000 from the Green Family Scholarshi...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Appeals will not be heard from the parents of eight students expelled from Saltus Grammar School, according to school trustees head Will Cox.
A 14-year-old student was sent to hospital with a fractured rib, minor concussion and bruising, following a ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A memorial service will be held for former principal of Gilbert Institute Gervase Marson this Saturday.
Mr Marson passed away on December 14 at the age of 90.
The former principal came to Bermuda from England in 1954 with his wife Elsie, who goes by ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Whitney Institute Middle School has tied academic performance to a student’s ability to represent the school in athletics.
Former principal Freddie Evans started the initiative, No Pass No Play, late last school year. New principal Reeshemah Swan sai...
DATE: Jan 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Parents of expelled Saltus students hope to appeal the school’s decision before board of trustees chairman Will Cox.
Eight secondary pupils were expelled after a student ended up in hospital because of “birthday punches” administered on December 16. ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Saltus headmaster Ted Staunton yesterday defended the school’s decision to expel eight students who were filmed beating up another boy.
A 14-year-old student, who is understood to be the son of a Saltus board of trustees member, required treatment fo...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
