4154 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
September 25, 2011
Dear Sir,
Television is a technological medium of great importance in the lives of people, because it provides information, sports and entertainment among other things. However, it may be the main cause of school failure for many ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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Election season is well underway, with the political parties selecting parliamentary candidates and positioning themselves for a general election.
Care needs to be taken not to get too carried away with the primaries, as they are a little like the t...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
September 24, 2011
Dear Sir,
It has often been said that those “honest” citizens who use drugs and prostitutes and those who turn a blind eye to crime are partially to blame for the violence associated with our gang wars. Young men are being killed ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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Politicians, especially United States senators, don’t tend to give up power easily. Imagine Lyndon Johnson voluntarily leaving the Senate leadership especially at a moment when his party seemed poised to win the majority.
So it was a surprising momen...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Other
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It is pretty obvious that no single change will end violent crime, especially among young people. But a multitude of small steps can make a difference.
In that context, CedarBridge Academy’s partnership with Peaceful Schools International will help,...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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Editorials
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September 8, 2011
Dear Sir,
In response to the letter concerning home schools dated August 22, my first concern would be where the writer attended school. The opening remark was not a complete sentence. Were they educated in the public or private sec...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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A recent editorial criticised the pace of education reform since the 2007 Hopkins Report and questioned whether there was meaningful progress in public education.
Whether it was in response to that editorial or not, Education Minister Dame Jennifer ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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Editorials
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September 19,2011
Dear Sir,
The front page story in Saturday's Royal Gazette states that the Government has hired a Canadian educational expert. I may be wrong, but I think that if you hire someone, then you have to pay them. Apparently this is not t...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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September 8, 2011
Dear Sir,
Are they kidding? How can it be a new school year when they made redundant 20 to 30 teachers last year including special needs teachers to deal with children with autism and other special needs (read September 7's Royal Ga...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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Child psychologists and self help parenting books are consistent on one point: Children and teenagers respond to structure and consistency.
So it’s worrying that each school year seems to start with uncertainty and change.
To be sure, all schools n...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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Editorials
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