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Last July, an engineer at Accenture was beaten to death by a crowd that thought he was a child kidnapper. They were angry, violent and completely wrong. The rumours about the man were “fake news” spread on WhatsApp, an incredibly popular messaging se...

As the Government seeks to grow and diversify our economy, we must ensure that our youth have every opportunity to be full participants in the economy of today and tomorrow’s Bermuda. Whether it is ensuring the education system has the resources to ...

This is the third in a series of opinion pieces drawing on my experience as executive director of the Bermuda Education Network. My last opinion piece discussed how teaching has become exponentially more challenging as the social needs of our childr...

To say that Gladstone “Sad” Brown was the glue that made Devonshire Recreation Club stick is an understatement. True, there have been many revered figures who have put their hearts and souls into the “Green and Gold”, the Den, the Home of the Cougars...

If you ask any politician what is the most common question that they are asked, it will be without a doubt something along the lines of: “I am looking for a job. Can you help me out?” Unfortunately, we all know someone who is either underemployed or ...

“Fix the problem, not the blame.” — Japanese proverb With the new year only a few days old, for many of us it is a time for reflection and the opportunity to take a new approach in our lives — a new approach that benefits ourselves and those we love....

If the Minister of Education had listened to and fully engaged with our principals, teachers, parents and the Bermuda Union of Teachers in the first instance, the challenges we are seeing in education could have been avoided. All those stakeholders,...

A long time ago, or should I say “once upon a time”, while there was yet darkness in the lands, simultaneously there existed the brightness of a hope for a better day. The 1940s saw a band of newly educated persons pushing in the areas of education, ...

The recent industrial action reflects our school system’s breaking point — and brings to the fore the incontrovertible truth that the social needs of students have overtaken its capacity to cope. Studies have proven that classroom environments, incl...

After a turbulent year for Bermuda’s public schools, what sort of resolutions can help to restore hope and deliver change to public education in 2019? One bad habit we need to give up is changing leaders, and we should probably try to cut back on Ban...