4187 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
Educators are not happy that this newspaper described the disagreement over what constitutes a passing grade in GCSE exams as a “row”. So be it. The fact is that this is a deadly serious issue which needs to be settled.
Quite simply, you cannot have...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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Editorials
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October 1, 2011
Dear Sir,
With reference to our massive debt, please consider this. The Government of the day has given away many Government services for free, but what is free for one, inevitably costs others in the long run. Employees, building...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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September 29, 2011
Dear Sir,
We should welcome Premier Cox’s initiatives to introduce ten-year work permits and a new category of long term residency for job creators as moves in the right direction but realise more needs to be done to reverse the d...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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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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